Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъzъ

• *bъzgъ, *bъzdъ[1]

Related to Proto-Slavic *bazъ (“elder tree”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

*bъ̏zъ m[1]

1. elderberry (Sambucus)

• *bazъ (“elder tree”)
• *buzъ (“hum, purr”) (in Bulgarian attested in 0-grade, identical to *bъzъ)
  • *buzina (“rumble”)
• *bukъ (“beech”)

• *bъzьlъ (“elder tree”)
• *bъzьkъ (“shrubs of bushes”)
• *bъzakъ (“shrubs of bushes”)
• *bъzunъ (“cockchafer”)
• *bъzina (“elder wood”)
• (possibly) *bъžurъ
• *bъzьjь (“overgrown with bushes”)
• *bъzovъ (ref. adj.)
  • *bъzovina
  • *bъzovišče
  • *bъzovьcь
  • *bъzovьje

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бозъ (bozŭ)
    • Russian: боз (boz), буз (buz)
      • ⇒ Russian: бузина́ (buziná, “elder”)
    • Ukrainian: боз (boz), буз (buz)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: бузина́ (buzyná, “elder”)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: бузо́к (buzók, “lilac”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: бъзъ (bŭzŭ)
    • → Romanian: boz, bozie
  • Bulgarian: бъз (bǎz)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: бъ́зел (bǎ́zel), бо́зъл (bózǎl), бъ́зек (bǎ́zek)
  • Macedonian: боз (boz)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: бозел (bozel)
  • Serbo-Croatian: баз, боз
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: ба̀зга
  • Slovene: bə̏z (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Slovene: bəzə̏g, bə̀zəg (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bez
    • Czech: bez
  • Kashubian: bes
  • Polabian: båz
  • Old Polish: bez
    • Polish: bez
  • Slovak: bez
  • Slovincian: bẽi̯s
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bóz
    • Lower Sorbian: bez, baz

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: bodza

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боз”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъzъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бъз¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 97