Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъ(n)

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kom or *ku, *kʷom. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (kw/ku, to), Sanskrit कम् (kám, postposition, after datives), Avestan 𐬐𐬄𐬨 (kąm, for the sake of).[1] Also compare Old Latin quom (with), Latin cum, com-, con-, co-, cum-, Oscan com-, kúm, com-, co-, ku-, Old Irish co-, com- (with), Gaulish com-, co-. But usually they are derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom. Following Pokorny, Matasović compares Proto-Celtic *kʷo (to), whence Old Irish co and Welsh py, pwy (to), and reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *kʷo (to).[2]

Preposition

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*kъ(n)[1][3]

  1. (with dative) to, towards
    Synonym: *do
    Antonym: *otъ

Usage notes

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Because of the law of open syllables, the final -n was normally dropped. But when combined with a stem that (originally?) began with a vowel, it was attached to the following word.

See also

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: къ (), ко (ko), кꙋ (ku)
    • Old Novgorodian: ко (ko)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: къ ()
    • Bulgarian: към (kǎm)
    • Macedonian: кон (kon)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: к, ка
      Latin script: k, ka
    • Slovene: k, h
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъ(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259:prep. ‘to’
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180:PIE: *kʷo- [Prep.]
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)