Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nyně

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nu.

Adverb

*nyně

1. now

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ныне (nyne)
  • Ukrainian: нині (nyni)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: нꙑнѣ (nyně)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nynie
    • Czech: nyní
  • Old Polish: ninie
    • ⇒ Polish: niniejszy

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ныне”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress