Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/da

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

Compare *do and Proto-Indo-European *de (“and, but”).

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Particle

*da [1]

yes, yeah (a term used to indicate general agreement)

Descendants

East Slavic: *da
- Belarusian: да (da)
- Russian: да (da)
South Slavic: *da
- Bulgarian: да (da)
- Macedonian: да (da)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic: да
  - Roman: da
- Slovene: dȁ (tonal orthography)
→ Romanian: da

References

Olander, Thomas (2001), “¹da”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “yes (PR 133)”

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[1] Olander, Thomas (2001), “¹da”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “yes (PR 133)”