Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puzdro

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

• *puzdrъ
• *puzdra

Etymology

From an earlier *puzro, formed as *puzъ (“belly”) +‎ *-ro. -d- is epenthetic. The term is commonly related to Proto-Slavic *puxъ (“blister”), which indicates an (indirect) origin from Proto-Indo-European *pews- (“to swell”). Compare also PIE *puH-.

The original meaning probably was swelling, blister → gut similar to Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly”) from pre-Germanic *bʰew- (“to blow, to swell”).

Noun

*puzdro n

1. bladder
2. gut, membrane

Inflection

Declension of *puzdro (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*puzdro	*puzdrě	*puzdra
genitive	*puzdra	*puzdru	*puzdrъ
dative	*puzdru	*puzdroma	*puzdromъ
accusative	*puzdro	*puzdrě	*puzdra
instrumental	*puzdrъmь, *puzdromь*	*puzdroma	*puzdry
locative	*puzdrě	*puzdru	*puzdrěxъ
vocative	*puzdro	*puzdrě	*puzdra

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *puzo (“belly”)
• *pyžь (“fat”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пуздро (puzdró, “bladder”)
  • Russian: пузырь (puzyrʹ, “bladder”) (related)
  • Ukrainian: пуздро (puzdro, “bladder”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пу́здра (púzdra, “gut flesh”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrrilic: пу̏здро

    Latin: pȕzdro

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: púzdro
    • Czech: pouzdro
  • Polish: puzdro
  • Slovak: puzdro

References

• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1914–1916) “пузо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (П – С), numbers 10–14, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 151
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пузырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пуздра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 845