Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-o-

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Proto-Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

*-e- (after a soft consonant)

Etymology edit

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Interfix edit

*-o-

used in compound words; -o-
‎*čьrnъ (“black”) + ‎*-o- + ‎*bylь (“plant, herb”) → ‎*čьrnobylь (“mugwort”)

‎*bělъ (“white”) + ‎*-o- + ‎*golvъ (“headed”) → ‎*bělogolvъ (“white headed”)

‎*dobrъ (“good”) + ‎*-o- + ‎*mirъ (“peace”) → ‎*Dobromirъ (given name)

Derived terms edit

Proto-Slavic terms interfixed with *-o-

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -о- (-o-)
  - Middle Russian: -о- (-o-)
    - Russian: -о- (-o-)
  - Old Ruthenian: -о- (-o-)
    - Belarusian: (stressed) -о- (-o-), (unstressed) -а- (-a-)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: -о- (-o-)
    - Ukrainian: -о- (-o-)
- Old Novgorodian: -о- (-o-)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: -о- (-o-)
  
  Glagolitic script: -ⱁ- (-o-)
  - Church Slavonic: -о- (-o-)
  - Bulgarian: -о- (-o-)
  - Macedonian: -о- (-o-)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: -о-
  
  Latin script: -o-
  - Slavomolisano: -o-
- Slovene: -o-
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: -o-
  - Czech: -o-
- Old Polish: -o-
  - Polish: -o-
  - Silesian: -o-
- Polabian: -ü-
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: -o-
  - Slovincian: -ô-
- Slovak: -o-
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: -o-
  - Upper Sorbian: -o-