вы-
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic вꙑ- (vy-), from Proto-Slavic *vy- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd, or Proto-Indo-European *(H)ud (Derksen), or *ūd- : *ūt- (Černyx). In Slavic, the final consonant was dropped.
Cognates include English out, German aus (“out”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
вы́- • (vý-) (this prefix almost invariably bears the stress in perfective verbs, but not in imperfective verbs)
- (used with verbs) out, out from (describing an action of moving outside from inside)
- (used with verbs) completion or fulfillment
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вы-”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “вы-”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 173