Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/uź

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Of disputed origin. Often derived from a Proto-Indo-European *ups, from *upó (“under, below”), and connected to Old Norse upp (“up”). This is formally acceptable for the Slavic forms, via the regular loss of the labial stop p and sandhi variation with *z; however, the Baltic forms cannot descend from this form. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps the Baltic forms were borrowed from the Slavic forms?”)

Preposition

*uź

1. on, at
2. in return for

Descendants

• Latvian: uz
• Lithuanian: už
• Proto-Slavic: *vъz (see there for further descendants)