Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pa-

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

Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian po-.

According to Rejzek (2006) the original meaning was "later, secondary" since the primary evidence for the Slavic words for step-children (*pasynъkъ, *padъťi, *pasьrbъ, *pastorъkъ) is inconclusive.

Prefix

*pa-

1. later, secondary
2. (Late Common-Slavic or post-Common-Slavic) false, pseudo-

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms prefixed with *pa-

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: па- (pa-)
  • Russian: па- (pa-)
  • Ukrainian: па- (pa-)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: па- (pa-)
  • Bulgarian: па- (pa-)
  • Macedonian: па- (pa-)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па-

    Latin script: pa-

  • Slovene: pa-
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pa-
  • Polish: pa-
  • Slovak: pa-
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pa-
    • Upper Sorbian: pa-

References

• K významu prefixu pa- v psl., Jiří Rejzek (2006)