Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъzorъ

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

*vъz- +‎ *zorъ, derived from *zьrěti (“to observe”).

Noun

*vъzorъ m[1]

sight
look

Declension

Declension of *vъzorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vъzorъ	*vъzora	*vъzori
genitive	*vъzora	*vъzoru	*vъzorъ
dative	*vъzoru	*vъzoroma	*vъzoromъ
accusative	*vъzorъ	*vъzora	*vъzory
instrumental	vъzorъmь, vъzoromь^*	*vъzoroma	*vъzory
locative	*vъzorě	*vъzoru	*vъzorěxъ
vocative	*vъzore	*vъzora	*vъzori

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

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: възоръ (vŭzorŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰲⱏⰸⱁⱃⱏ (vŭzorŭ)
  - → Old East Slavic: възоръ (vŭzorŭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: взоръ (vzor), узоръ (uzor)
      - Ukrainian: взір (vzir)
    - Russian: взор (vzor)
      - → Bulgarian: взор (vzor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: у̀зор
  
  Latin script: ùzor
- → Slovene: vzȍr (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vzor (“model”)
  - → Slovak: vzor
- Kashubian: vzȯr
- Polish: wzór (“pattern”)
  - → Old Ruthenian: взоръ (vzor), узоръ (uzor)
    - Belarusian: узо́р (uzór)
    - Ukrainian: взір (vzir)

References

Anikin, A. E. (2013), “взор”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 129: “прасл. *vъz-zorъ”