Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/na

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō.^[1]

Preposition

*na^[1]^[2]

(with locative) on
(with locative) concerning
(with accusative) onto
(with accusative) to, towards
(with accusative) against

Derived terms

*na-
*naj-

Antonyms

*sъ(n)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: на (na)
  - Belarusian: на (na)
  - Russian: на (na)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: на (na)
  - Ukrainian: на (na)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: на (na)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱀⰰ (na)
- Bulgarian: на (na)
- Macedonian: на (na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: на
  
  Latin script: na
- Slovene: na (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: na
  - Czech: na
- Old Polish: na
  - Polish: na
  - Silesian: na
- Slovak: na
- Polabian: no
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: na
  - Slovincian: na
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: na
  - Lower Sorbian: na

Etymology 2

It has been identified with the preposition, such that its entry is unified in the Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages.^[3]

Interjection

*na

here you are! come and take it!

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: на (na)
- Russian: на (na)
- Carpathian Rusyn: на (na)
- Ukrainian: на (na)
- → Karaim:
  Cyrillic script: на
  
  Latin script: na
- → Turkish: na (Trabzon, Rize)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: на (na)
- Macedonian: на (na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: на, на̏
  
  Latin script: nȃ, nȁ
- Slovene: nȃ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: na
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: na
  - Slovincian: na
- Silesian: na
- Slovak: na
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: na
  - Upper Sorbian: na

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *nóh₁ (oblique 1st person dual). Compare Ancient Greek νώ (nṓ), Old Avestan 𐬥𐬁 (nā).

Pronoun

*na

accusative of *vě

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: на (na)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: на (na)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “na”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “na”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”

[3] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185

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