Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nadъ

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

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nōda, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nō-dʰh₁-o-m. The first part of the compound is directly reflected in *na (on), and for the second part compare a similarly constructed preposition *podъ. *dʰh₁o- represents a root noun of the verb *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place), whence also *děti.[1][2]

    Preposition

    *nadъ[1]

    1. (with instrumental) over, above (stationary)
    2. (with accusative) over, above (motion to)

    Antonyms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: над (nad)
      • Russian: над (nad)
      • Ukrainian: над (nad)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: надъ (nadŭ)
      • Bulgarian: над (nad)
      • Macedonian: над (nad)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: на̏д
        Latin script: nȁd
      • Slovene: nad (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nadъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
    2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “над”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress