ǫsъ

ǫ́sъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `moustache'

Church Slavic:

ǫsъ (RuCS) `moustache, beard' [m o]

Russian:

us `hair of a moustache, whisker' [m o], usý `moustache' [Nom p]

Czech:

vous `beard hair' [m o], vousy `beard' [Nom p]

Polish:

wąs `moustache' [m o], wąsy `moustache' [Nom p]

Slovene:

vǫ̑s `moustache' [m o], vosi `id.' [Nom p];

vǫ́se `moustache' [Nompf ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: u̯ónsos \{1\}

Lithuanian:

uõstai (Žem.) `moustache' [Nompm o] 2

Old Prussian:

wanso `first beard'

Indo-European reconstruction: uondʰ-s-om

Other cognates:

OHG wintbrāwa `eye-lash' [f];

MIr. find `hair'

Notes:

\{1\} Originally *u̯ónsom.