ǫžь

ǫ́žь Grammatical information: m. jo Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `snake'

Russian:

už `snake' [m jo], užá [Gens]

Old Russian:

užь `snake' [m jo]

Czech:

užovka `adder' [f ā]

Slovak:

užovka `adder' [f ā]

Polish:

wąż `snake' [m jo], węża [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

wuž `grass snake' [f ā]

Lower Sorbian:

wuž `snake, (dial.) maggot' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

Čak. ^u̯õš (Orbanići) `kind of black snake' [m jo], ^u̯ožȁ [Gens]

Slovene:

ǫ́ž `grass snake' [m jo];

vǫ̑ž `snake' [m jo]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: angi(o)s

Lithuanian:

angìs `snake' [f i] 4

Latvian:

uôdze `adder' [f ē]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂engʷʰ-i-o-

Other cognates:

Lat. anguis `snake'

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OHG unc `snake'

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MIr. escung `eel'