Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/a-

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *ō- / *ē-. Compare Sanskrit आ (ā) (आनील (ānīla, “bluish”), नील (nīla, “blue”)), Ancient Greek ὠ- (ō-).

Prefix

*a-

From nouns
- *abrědъ, *abrędъ ← *brěd- / *bręd-
- *abolnь ← *bolna
- *agolvo ← *golva (“kill, killed”)
From nouns / verbs
- *aduxa / *adušь (“dyspnea”) ← *duxati (“to breathe”) / *duxъ (“breath”) (cp. *zaduxa)
- *ašutь ← *šutъ / *šutiti
- *avorъ ← *vorъ (cp. *zavorъ < *zaverti)
From verbs
- *apadь ← *pasti (cp. *zapadь)
- *adera ← *derti / *derǫ
- *avidь?, *avida?
- *avodь?
Other
- *aręb-?
- *askǫdь?

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 6

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/a-

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Prefix

See also

References