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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žegъza

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geguźāˀ, *geguźjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰeh₂ ~ *gʰegʰuǵʰyeh₂, from *gʰegʰuǵʰ-.

Cognate with Lithuanian gegužė̃, gegùžė, degužė̃, gegùžis, gegužė̃lė, Latvian dzȩguze, dzȩgûze, dzȩguôze, dzȩguse, dzȩgusis, Old Prussian geguse, Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.[1][2][3]

Noun

žegъza f[4][5][6]

  1. cuckoo (any bird of the species Cuculus canorus)
    Synonyms: *žegъzica, *žegъzuľa, *kukava, *kukavica, *kukavъka, *kukučьka, *kukukъ, *kukuľa, *kukulъka

Derived terms
nouns

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: *заго́за (*zagóza)
      • Russian: заго́за (zagóza) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: загозица (zagozica) (16ᵗʰ c.)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: заго́ска (zagóska), заго́стка (zagóstka) (16ᵗʰ c.)
        • Russian: заго́ска (zagóska) (dialectal)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gauka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171: “m. 'cuckoo'”
  2. Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gegužė̃”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 439
  3. “gegužė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  4. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зегзи́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  5. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зозу́ля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 274
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Further reading
  • Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “зозу́ля”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 451
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