Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъzorъ

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

Etymology

*vъz- +‎ *zorъ, derived from *zьrěti (“to observe”).

Noun

*vъzorъ m

1. sight
2. look

Declension

Declension of *vъzorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vъzorъ	*vъzora	*vъzori
genitive	*vъzora	*vъzoru	*vъzorъ
dative	*vъzoru	*vъzoroma	*vъzoromъ
accusative	*vъzorъ	*vъzora	*vъzory
instrumental	*vъzorъmь, *vъzoromь*	*vъzoroma	*vъzory
locative	*vъzorě	*vъzoru	*vъzorěxъ
vocative	*vъzore	*vъzora	*vъzori

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: възоръ (vŭzorŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⱏⰸⱁⱃⱏ (vŭzorŭ)

    • → Old East Slavic: възоръ (vŭzorŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: взоръ (vzor), узоръ (uzor)
        • Ukrainian: взір (vzir)
      • Russian: взор (vzor)
        • → Bulgarian: взор (vzor)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀зор

    Latin script: ùzor

  • → Slovene: vzȍr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vzor (“model”)
    • → Slovak: vzor
  • Kashubian: vzȯr
  • Polish: wzór (“pattern”)
    • → Old Ruthenian: взоръ (vzor), узоръ (uzor)
      • Belarusian: узо́р (uzór)
      • Ukrainian: взір (vzir)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “взор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress