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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blizъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. It is uncertain whether the original meaning was:

  • “discernible, obvious” from proto-meaning “to shine” as in Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“bleak, pale”);
  • “striking” from proto-meaning “to strike, to afflict” as in Lithuanian bláižyti (“to tear off, to scar”), Latvian bliêzt (“to beat”), and Latin flīgō (“to strike”).

Adjective

*blizъ[1][2]

  1. near, proximate

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *bližati (“to neighbor”)
    • *bližěnьje (“proximation, neighboring”)
  • *bliziti (“to get closer”)
  • *blizьnьcь (“twin”)
  • *blizъkъ (“near, close”)
  • *bližьnъ (“fellow, dear”)
    • *bližina, *blizina (“vicinity”)
  • *blizostь (“proximity, closeness”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Russian: близ (bliz), бли́зый (blízyj) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: близ (blyz)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bliz
      • Czech: blizý
    • Old Polish: blizi
      • Polish: blizo (dialectal)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blizъ I; *blizъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45: “adj. o ‘near, close’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “blizъ -a -o”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 105f., 188); a/b (PR 133)”
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