Cognate Set 1148 – Meaning: lake

IE-CoR reference form:
*h₁eg̑ʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Balto-Slavic lexemes derived from PIE *h₁eg̑ʰ-(e)r-o-, cf. Arm. ezr ‘edge, border, bank’ (cf. ALEW 271, ESSJa 6:33-34, Derksen 2008:148, Derksen 2015:158-159, Martirosyan 2010:247-248).
Found in clades:
Baltic, Slavic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 24 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
79   Bulgarian ezero езеро ˈɛzɘɾu ˈezero
98   Belarusian vozera возера ˈvɔzʲɛɾɑ̈ ˈvozʲoro
93   Czech jezero ˈjɛzɛɾɔ ˈjezero
76   Lithuanian ẽžeras ˈæːʒʲɛrɐs ˈæːʒʲeras
95   Sorbian: Lower jazor ˈjɑ̈zɔɾ ˈjazor
94   Sorbian: Upper jězor ˈjɪzɔɐ ˈjɪzɔʀ
80   Macedonian ezero езеро ˈe̞zɛɾɔ ˈezero
88   Polish jezioro jeˈʑɔɾɔ jeˈʑoro
97   Russian ozero озеро ˈɔzʲɪrɐ ˈozʲoro
83   Serbo-Croat jezero ˈjɛ̂zɛɾɔ ˈjêzero
91   Slovak jazero ˈjɑ̈zɛɾɔ ˈjazero
85   Slovene jezero ˈjéːzɛɾɔ ˈjéːzɛrɔ
99   Ukrainian ozero озеро ˈɔzɛ̽ɾɔ ˈozero
77   Old Prussian assaran EV
78   Old Church Slavonic jezero, jezerŭ ѥзєро, ѥзєръ jɛzɛrɔ, jɛzɛrʊ̆ jezero, jezerʊ
74   Latvian ezers ˈæzærs æzærs
89   Kashubian jezoro ˈjɛzɔɾɔ ˈjezoro
75   Latgalian azars azars azars
87   Old Polish jezioro, jeziero ˈjɛʑɔrɔ, ˈjɛʑɛro ˈjeʑoro, ˈjeʑero
92   Old Czech jezero ˈjezɛrɔ ˈjezero
96   Old Novgorod zaozerič заозеричь zɑ.ɔˈzʲɛrʲitsʲ za.ɔˈzʲɛrʲits Proper name with a clear structure 'person living behind the lake'. The Slavic root for 'lake' is attested in Old Novgorod texts in other place names too.
100   Rusyn ózero ˈŭɔz(ɛ/ɜ)rɔ ˈozero
86   Slovene: Kostel jezero ˈje̞zɛɾo̝ ˈjezɛro̝
84   Slovene: Early Modern jeṡeru, yṡèru
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 148
    S.v. Proto-Slavic *ezero; *ezerъ 'lake'; from PIE *h₁eg̑ʰ-(e)r-o- (cf. Arm. ezr ‘edge, border, bank’).
  • Derksen, Rick: 158-159
    S.v. Lith. ẽžeras 'lake' (Latv. ȩzȩrs 'lake', OPr. assaran 'lake') from PIE *h₁eg̑ʰ-(e)ro- (cf. OCS jezero 'lake', Arm. ezr 'edge, border, bank'), cf. also s.v. Lith. ežià 'boundary(-strip)'.
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 271
    S.v. OLith. ẽzeras 'See, Landsee' (BSl. cf. Latv. ȩzȩrs, ȩzars 'See', OPr. assaran 'See', OCS jezero 'See', etc.), from PIE *h₁eg̑ʰer- 'Rand, Ufer' (cf. Arm. ezr, G.D.sg. ezer 'id.').
  • Martirosyan, Hrach: 247-248
    Cf. s.v. Arm ezr 'edge, shore, bank'. The traditional etymology with Lith. ežià 'boundary(-strip)', etc. is sometimes doubted, but Martirosyan sees no good reason to abandon the IE etymology.
  • Trubačev, O. N.: 6: 33-34
    PS *ezero, *ezerŭ is a reflex of PIE *eg̑ʰ-er-o- or *ag̑ʰ-er-o (cf. PS *ězŭ 'dam').