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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/buza

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

The South Slavic descendants have been related to Albanian buzë and Romanian buză, on basis of which it is speculated that all of them descend from a Balkan substratum.

If the term is of native origin, it would most likely be from the onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bʰewǵ- (“to blow, to swell”). Potential cognates include Lithuanian buožė (“mace”), Latvian buoze (“lump, ball”), and possibly Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly”), Thracian βυζας (vyzas, “buck”), Proto-Celtic *bukkos (“buck”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuȷ́ás (“buck”).

From the same root, however, through other extensions are Latin bucca (“mouth”) and Latvian buča (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučinỹs (“kiss”).

Noun

*buza f

  1. cheek, lips
    Synonym: *ščeka
  2. buzz, uproar

Declension

Derived terms

  • *buziti (“to swell one's cheeks”)
    • *buzьje (“cheeks (collectively)”)
  • *buz(d)ro (“fat, flesh”)
  • *buzestъ (“with thick cheeks”)
  • *buzъka (“cheek”) (diminutive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: буза (buza, “uproar”)
    • Ukrainian: бузі (buzi, “kiss”)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: buzia (“mouth”)
      • → Ukrainian: бузя (buzja)

Further reading

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