blizь

blizъ II; blizь Grammatical information: adv., prep.

Page in Trubačev: II 121-122

Old Church Slavic:

blizъ `near, close to' [adv/prep]

Russian:

bliz `near, close to' [prep]

Polish:

blizo (dial.) `near, close by' [adv]

Old Polish:

blizu `near, close by' [adv]

Serbo-Croatian:

blízu `near, close by' [prep/adv];

Čak. blīzȕ (Orbanići) `near, nearby' [prep/adv];

Čak. blĩzu (Orbanići) `near, nearby' [prep/adv]

Slovene:

blìz `near, close by' [adv];

blìz `near, close to' [prep]

Bulgarian:

blízo `near, close by' [adv]

Lithuanian:

bliežti (dial.) `throw hard' [verb];

bláižyti `tear off, shell' [verb]

Latvian:

bliêzt `beat, hew' [verb];

blaîzît `squeeze, squash, hit, beat, rub' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰl(e)iǵ-o-

IE meaning: near

Page in Pokorny: 161

Comments: Although puzzling at first, the semantic transition from `to beat' to `near' appears to have a few convincing parallels, e.g. MoFr. près `near' : Lat. pressus `squeezed' (Trubačëv II: 122, with references).

Other cognates:

Lat. flīgere `hit' [verb]

Notes:

\{1\} Rarely blizь.