Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glazъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleǵ- (round, spherical, stone).

Possible cognate Russian Church Slavonic глезнъ (gleznŭ, ankle, heel) (from Proto-Slavic *gleznъ (ankle), from pre-Slavic *gleǵn-) and Old Norse klakkr (bump, hillock), Norwegian klakk, dial. Swedish klakk (heel (shoe); knoll in the field), Middle High German klac (a bang, crack, split) (from pre-Germanic *gloǵno-). Also compare Sanskrit ग्लह m (glaha, gaming, dice).

Noun edit

*glȃzъ m[1][2]

  1. ball, stone
  2. eyeball
    Synonym: *ȍko

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: глазъ (glazŭ, ball; eye)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hlaz (eye)
    • Old Polish: głaz (river boulder; pebbles, coarse sand)
      • Polish: głaz (boulder; large rock)
      • Polish: Głaz (surname​)

Further reading edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 117
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1995), “glȃzъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 7 (ga – gobьdzь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 90
  • Anikin, A. E. (2016), “глаз”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 10 (галочка – глыча), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 270
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “глаз”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “глазки́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glȃzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 163: “m. o”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “glazъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c kugle (PR 137)”