Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nyně

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-Indo-European *nu.

Adverb

*nyně

now

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Carpathian Rusyn: ны́нї (nŷ́nji)
- Russian: ны́не (nýne)
- Ukrainian: ни́ні (nýni)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: нꙑнѣ (nyně)
  - Bulgarian: ни́не (níne) (archaic, poetic)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nynie
  - Czech: nyní
- Old Polish: ninie
  - ⇒ Polish: niniejszy (literary)

Further reading

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ныне”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress