Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ō, ultimately a natural expression. Compare Ancient Greek ὦ (ô), Latin ō, Old Irish a, Gothic 𐍉 (ō), Old Armenian ով (ov), Albanian o. Although the Proto-Indo-European form is reconstructed, this interjection could arise at any stage.
As Trubachyov, there is no linkage to other Indo-European interjections.
Interjection
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*o”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 70
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “o!”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 369
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress