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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běloǫsъ

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 *bělъ (“white”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *ǫsъ (“moustache”).

Adjective

*běloǫsъ[1][2]

  1. white-moustached, whitebeard

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *бѣлоѫсъ (*běloǫsŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *бѣлоу́сый (*běloúsyj)
        • Belarusian: белаву́сы (bjelavúsy)
        • Ukrainian: білову́сий (bilovúsyj)
      • Russian: белоу́сый (beloúsyj)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bělovousý
    • Polish: białowąsy
    • Slovak: bielofúzy, belofúzy
    • Sorbian:
      • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: běłowusaty

Noun

*běloǫsъ m

  1. who has white moustache

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *бѣлоѫсъ (*běloǫsŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: бѣлоу́съ (běloús); Бѣлоу́съ (Bělús)
        • Belarusian: Белаву́с (Bjelavús)
          • ⇒ Belarusian: Белаву́саў (Bjelavúsaŭ)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: білоу́с (biloús)
        • Ukrainian: білову́с (bilovús), білоу́с (biloús); Білоу́с (Biloús), Білову́с (Bilovús)
      • Middle Russian: *бѣлоу́съ (*běloús); Бѣлоу́съ (Běloús)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běloǫsъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 73
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “běloǫsъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 235
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