Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glazъ

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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleǵ- (“round, spherical, stone”).

Possible cognate Russian Church Slavonic глезнъ (gleznŭ, “ankle, heel”) (from Proto-Slavic *gleznъ (“ankle”), from pre-Slavic *gleǵn-) and Old Norse klakkr (“bump, hillock”), Norwegian klakk, dial. Swedish klakk (“heel (shoe); knoll in the field”), Middle High German klac (“a bang, crack, split”) (from pre-Germanic *gloǵno-). Also compare Sanskrit ग्लह m (glaha, “gaming, dice”).

Noun

*glȃzъ m[1][2]

ball, stone
eyeball
Synonym: *ȍko

Inflection

Declension of *glȃzъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*glȃzъ	*glȃza	*glȃzi
Accusative	*glȃzъ	*glȃza	*glȃzy
Genitive	*glȃza	*glazù	*glãzъ
Locative	*glȃzě	*glazù	*glazě̃xъ
Dative	*glȃzu	*glazomà	*glazòmъ
Instrumental	glȃzъmь, glȃzomь^*	*glazomà	*glazý
Vocative	*glaze	*glȃza	*glȃzi

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

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: глазъ (glazŭ, “ball; eye”)
  - Middle Russian: глазъ (glaz, “eye”)
    - Russian: глаз (glaz, “eye”)
      - → Ukrainian: глаз (hlaz, “eye”) (slang)
  - Old Ruthenian: глазъ (hlaz, “eye”)
    - Belarusian: глаз (hlaz, “eye”) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Old Ruthenian: Глаз (Hlaz) (proper name)
  - ⇒ Middle Russian: Глаз (Glaz), Глазъ (Glaz), Глазко (Glazko) (proper name)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: *глаз (*glaz, “big stone”) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: Гла́зо (Glázo) (given name); Гла́зов (Glázov) (surname)
- ⇒ Macedonian: Глас (Glas, “Rock”) (toponym)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hlaz (“eye”)
- Old Polish: głaz (“river boulder; pebbles, coarse sand”)
  - Polish: głaz (“boulder; large rock”)
  - ⇒ Polish: Głaz (surname)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glȃzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163: “m. o”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “glazъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c kugle (PR 137)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glȃzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163: “m. o”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “glazъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c kugle (PR 137)”