Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poňe

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

Univerbation of *po +‎ *ňe (neuter singular accusative of *jь (“he”)).

Conjunction

*poňe

1. because, since

Derived terms

conjunctions

• *poňeže

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: поне (pone)
    • Old Ruthenian: поне (pone)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱁⱀⰵ (pone)

    Old Cyrillic script: пон҄е (ponʹe)

    • Bulgarian: поне́ (poné)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: poně

Further reading

• Erhart, Adolf, editor (2002), “ponje”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 11 (patrachъ – -pǫditi), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 682
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “poněvadž”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 487
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “понеже”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Machek, Václav (1968) “poněvadž”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 471
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “понеже”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress