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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/onъ

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-Balto-Slavic *anas.

Pronoun

*onъ [1]

  1. he, it, that

Declension

The nominative forms also served as replacements for the nominative of anaphoric pronoun *jь (he, she, it). The non-nominative forms were used only as determiners.

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: онъ (onŭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: о̑н
      Latin: ȏn
    • Slovene: ȍn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

Determiner

*onъ [1]

  1. that, that over there, yonder

Declension

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: о́ный (ónyj)
    • Ukrainian: о́ний (ónyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: онъ (onŭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: вън (vǎn)
    • Macedonian: оној (onoj)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: о̀на̄ј
      Latin: ònāj
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: onen (obsolete)
    • Kashubian: òn
    • Polish: on (obsolete)
    • Slovak: onen (obsolete)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wony

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*onъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
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