Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/i
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁é-, *h₁o-. Compare Ancient Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.
Conjunction edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) chapter *I, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 207: “conj. ‘and’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) chapter I, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “and (PR 146)”