Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/galǫzь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

• *galǫza

Etymology

Possibly from *galъ (“barren”) +‎ *-ǫzь (cf. dial. Russian га́лый (gályj, “arid, desolate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-. Akin to Old Armenian կողր (kołr).

Noun

*galǫzь f

1. branch, twig

   Synonym: *větvь

Inflection

Declension of *galǫzь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*galǫzь	*galǫzi	*galǫzi
genitive	*galǫzi	*galǫzьju, *galǫžu*	*galǫzьjь, *galǫzi*
dative	*galǫzi	*galǫzьma	*galǫzьmъ
accusative	*galǫzь	*galǫzi	*galǫzi
instrumental	*galǫzьjǫ, *galǫžǫ*	*galǫzьma	*galǫzьmi
locative	*galǫzi	*galǫzьju, *galǫžu*	*galǫzьxъ
vocative	*galǫzi	*galǫzi	*galǫzi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

adjectives

• *galъ
• *golъ

noun

• *golьje

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: галу́за (galúza), га́лызь (gályzʹ)
  • Ukrainian: га́лузь (háluzʹ), галу́за (halúza)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: haluz, haluzě
    • Czech: haluz, haluze
  • Old Polish: gałąź
    • Polish: gałąź
  • Slovak: haluz
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: gałuz

    Upper Sorbian: hałuza

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “галу́за”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galǫza / *galǫzъ / *galǫzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 95