вз-

Alternative forms

• вс- (vs-) (before a voiceless consonant)
• взо- (vzo-) (before certain consonant clusters)

Etymology

Proto-Slavic *vъz-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź-. Cognate with Lithuanian už (“within, instead of, in return for”), Latvian uz (“on, to”). Further etymology disputed. Compare also borrowed cognate воз- (voz-), from Old Church Slavonic.

Prefix

вз- • (vz-)

1. (used with verbs) upwards, up

   • идти́ ― idtí ― to go
   • взойти́ ― vzojtí ― to rise, to ascend
   • ки́нуть ― kínutʹ ― to throw, cast, fling
   • вски́нуть ― vskínutʹ ― to throw up, to toss up

2. (used with verbs) returning, re-

   • враща́ть ― vraščátʹ ― to turn
   • возвраща́ть ― vozvraščátʹ ― to return

Related terms

• воз- (voz-), вос- (vos-)