Appendix:Proto-Slavic/a

This entry contains Proto-Slavic 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 *ō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ōd.

Balto-Slavic cognates include Latgalian a and Lithuanian o. Other cognates include Sanskrit आत् (ā́t, “so, then, afterwards”) and Avestan 𐬁𐬀𐬝 ("afterwards, then").

Conjunction

*a

1. but, and

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: а (a)
  • Russian: а (a)
  • Ukrainian: а (a)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: а (a)

    Glagolitic: Ⰰ (a)

  • Bulgarian: а (a)
  • Macedonian: а (a)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: а

    Roman: a

  • Slovene: a
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: a
  • Polish: a
  • Slovak: a
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: a