Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/povorzъ

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 *po- +‎ *vorzъ (“bind, tie”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“to tie”). Cognate with Lithuanian várža (“fish trap”), Latvian var̂za.

Noun

*povorzъ m

1. cord, rope

Declension

Declension of *povorzъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*povorzъ	*povorza	*povorzi
genitive	*povorza	*povorzu	*povorzъ
dative	*povorzu	*povorzoma	*povorzomъ
accusative	*povorzъ	*povorza	*povorzy
instrumental	*povorzъmь, *povorzomь*	*povorzoma	*povorzy
locative	*povorzě	*povorzu	*povorzěxъ
vocative	*povorze	*povorza	*povorzi

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

Alternative forms

• *pavorzъ (prefixed with *pa-)

Related terms

• *vьrzati (“to tie”), *verzti (“to bind”)
• *vьrzъka (“tie, bond”)
• *vьrzьlъ (“bundle”)
• *verslo (“binder”)
• *vьrša (“fishing basket”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: по́вороз (póvoroz)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: поворо́зка (povorózka), поворі́зка (povorízka)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: повразъ (povrazŭ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̏вра̄з

    Latin script: pȍvrāz

  • Slovene: povràz (“cord, noose”), póvraz (“handle”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: povraz, provaz (by metathesis), provraz
    • Czech: provaz
  • Kashubian: powrȯz
  • Polish: powróz
  • Slovak: povraz
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: powrjoz

• Non-Slavic:
• → Hungarian: póráz

Further reading

• повороз in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
• “varža”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012