Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebojь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Etymology edit

From *ne- (not) +‎ *bojati (fear, be afraid), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, *b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *bʰoyH-eh₂-.

Noun edit

*nebojь m

  1. brave, daredevil

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: не́бій (nébij)
  • West Slavic:

References edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 106