Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ujь

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-Balto-Slavic *auˀjas (yo-stem), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.^[1] Baltic cognates include Lithuanian avýnas, Old Prussian awis (“uncle”) (i-stem).

Noun

*ùjь m^[1]^[2]

maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of *ùjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ùjь	*ùja	*ùji
genitive	*ùja	*ùju	*ùjь
dative	*ùju	*ùjema	*ùjēmъ
accusative	*ùjь	*ùja	*ùję̇
instrumental	ùjьmь, ùjemь^*	*ùjema	*ùjī
locative	*ùji	*ùju	*ùjīxъ
vocative	*ùju	*ùja	*ùji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*ujьcь, *ujьkъ, *ujьčę (diminutives)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: уи (ui), вуи (vui)
  - Old Ruthenian: вуй (vuj), уй (uj)
    - Belarusian: вуй (vuj) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: уй (uj); ⇒ у́йко (újko)
    - Ukrainian: вуй (vuj), уй (uj) (dialectal)
  - Russian: уй (uj) (obsolete)
- Old Novgorodian: *оуи (*ui)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: вуйчо (vujčo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  ⇒ Cyrillic script: у̏ја̄к
  
  ⇒ Latin script: ȕjāk
- ⇒ Slovene: ujec
West Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Czech: ujec
  - Czech: ujec
- Old Polish: uj
  - Polish: wuj
- Old Slovak: ujo
  - Pannonian Rusyn: уйо (ujo)
  - Slovak: ujo
- Polabian: vaujă
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: wùja, ùja
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wuj
  - Lower Sorbian: wuj

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ujь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ujec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz *űjь”