ѧзыкъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѩзꙑкъ (językŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzỳkъ, from *(j)ęzy, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.[1][2] Cognate with Russian язы́к (jazýk).

Noun

ѧзы́къ (transliteration needed) m inan or m anim (related adjective ѧзы́чный, diminutive ѧзычо́къ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language (system of communication using words or symbols)
    Synonym: мо́ва
  3. (military) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
  4. people, nation, folk, tribe
  5. pagan, heathen
  6. (law term) will, testament
  7. (grammar) gender, class

Descendants

  • Belarusian: язы́к (jazýk)
  • Rusyn: язы́к (jazŷ́k); язи́к (jazýk) (Pannonian)
  • Ukrainian: язи́к (jazýk)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), *ęzykъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), язик”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 538

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