Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъ

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-Balto-Slavic *tas, from Proto-Indo-European *só, séh₂, tód.

Cognate with Lithuanian tàs, tà, taĩ; Latvian tas, tā; Old Prussian stas, sta / stai, sta.

Pronoun

*tъ

1. this, that

Declension

Declension of *tъ (hard pronominal)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*tъ	*ta	*to
Accusative	*tъ	*tǫ	*to
Genitive	*togo	*toję̇	*togo
Locative	*tomь	*toji	*tomь
Dative	*tomu	*toji	*tomu
Instrumental	*těmь	*tojǫ	*těmь
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ta	*tě	*tě
Accusative	*ta	*tě	*tě
Genitive	*toju	*toju	*toju
Locative	*toju	*toju	*toju
Dative	*těma	*těma	*těma
Instrumental	*těma	*těma	*těma
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ti	*ty	*ta
Accusative	*ty	*ty	*ta
Genitive	*těxъ	*těxъ	*těxъ
Locative	*těxъ	*těxъ	*těxъ
Dative	*těmъ	*těmъ	*těmъ
Instrumental	*těmi	*těmi	*těmi

Derived terms

• *tъdě
• *potomь
• *tъdьnь (“week”)
• *togъda (“then”)
• *tǫda (“(to) there, this way”)
• *tamo (“there; thereto”)
• *tu (“there, in that place; here”)
• *takъ (“such, such a (kind of), of that kind”)
  • *tako (“thus, so, in such a way”)
  • *takovъ
• *teže
• *to že (“so that”)
• *topьrvo

See also

• *jь, *čьjь, *jьnъ, *kъjь, *onъ, *ovъ, *sь, *tъ, *vьśь
• *jakъ, *jьnakъ, *kakъ, *onakъ, *ovakъ, *sicь, *takъ, *vьśakъ
• *koterъ, *jeterъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тъ (tŭ)
    • Belarusian: той (toj)
    • Russian: тот (tot), этот (etot)
      • Russenorsk: etta
    • Carpathian Rusyn: тот (tot)
    • Ukrainian: той (toj), тот (tot) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: тъ (tŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⱏ (tŭ)

  • Bulgarian: то́зи (tózi), той (toj)
  • Macedonian: тој (toj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̑ј

    Latin script: tȃj

  • Slovene: tȃ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ten, tet
    • Czech: ten
  • Old Polish: ten, tet
    • Masurian: tén
    • Polish: ten
    • Silesian: tyn
  • Slovak: ten
  • Polabian: tå
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: ten
    • Slovincian: tên
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tón
    • Lower Sorbian: ten

Further reading

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