Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/abo

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

Univerbation of *a +‎ *bo.

Conjunction edit

*abo^[1]^[2]

or
whether

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: або (abo)
  - Old Ruthenian: або (abo)
    - Belarusian: або́ (abó)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: або́ (abó)
    - Ukrainian: або́ (abó)
  - Russian: а́бо (ábo)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Slovene: àboj (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: abo
  - Masurian: abo
  - Polish: abo
  - Silesian: abo
- Slovak: abo
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: abò
  - Slovincian: abô, ëbô
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: abo
  - Upper Sorbian: abo

Further reading edit

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “aže”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 167
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a bo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 34

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “aže”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 167

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a bo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 34

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