Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o

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 edit

Etymology edit

Inherited 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 edit

*o^[1]^[2]

Used to express strong emotions; oh!
Used before a noun in the vocative; O...

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: о (o)
  - Belarusian: го (ho), о (o) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: о (o)
  - Russian: о (o)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: о (o)
- Bulgarian: о (o)
- Macedonian: о (o)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: o
  
  Cyrillic script: о
- Slovene: ō
West Slavic:
- Czech: o, ó
- Old Polish: o
  - Masurian: o
  - Polish: o
- Slovak: o, ó
- Slovincian: ó
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: o
  - Upper Sorbian: o

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