Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božurъ

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 *bogъ (“god”) +‎ *urъ. Interestingly, the word peony also includes a divine notion. Compare Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paean, the physician of the gods”), related to παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”), from which the word peony is derived.

Noun

*božurъ m

(South Slavic) peony, Paeonia officinalis

Declension

Declension of *božurъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*božurъ	*božura	*božuri
genitive	*božura	*božuru	*božurъ
dative	*božuru	*božuroma	*božuromъ
accusative	*božurъ	*božura	*božury
instrumental	božurъmь, božuromь^*	*božuroma	*božury
locative	*božurě	*božuru	*božurěxъ
vocative	*božure	*božura	*božuri

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

Related terms terms

nouns

*bogyni f
*božę n
*božiťь m
*božьba f
*božьcь n
*božьkъ n
*božьnica f

verbs

*bogovati
*božiti

adjectives

*bogovъ
*božьjь
*božьnъ
*božьskъ

proper nouns

*Bogodanъ
*Bogomilъ
*Bogoslavъ
*Bogumilъ
*Boguslavъ
*Boguxvalъ
*Bogъdanъ

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: божур (božur)
- Macedonian: бо́жур (bóžur)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бо̀жӯр
  
  Latin script: bòžūr
- Slovene: božúr, božȗr (tonal orthography)

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: bozhure
- → Old Hungarian: bazsár
  - Hungarian: bazsarózsa
- → Romanian: bujor

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božurъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 228