Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/po

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

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa
    Proto-Slavic *po

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó (“off, away”).[1] Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian pa, Lithuanian pa-, Old Prussian pa-, po-.

    Indo-European cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Sanskrit अप- (ápa-, “away, off”), Latin ab (“from”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, “away”), Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”).

    Another variant of the preposition (likely descending from pre-Slavic *pós) has been used to form the adverbs Proto-Slavic *pozdě (“lately”) and Proto-Slavic *poslě (“afterwards”).

    Preposition

    *po[1]

    1. (with locative) after
    2. by
    3. at

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: по (po), па (pa)
      • Russian: по (po)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: по (po)
      • Ukrainian: по (po)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: по (po)
        Glagolitic script: ⱂⱁ (po)
      • Bulgarian: по (po)
      • Macedonian: по (po)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: по
        Latin script: po
      • Slovene: po (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: po
      • Old Polish: po
        • Polish: po
        • Silesian: po
      • Slovak: po
      • Pomeranian:
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: po
        • Lower Sorbian: pó

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*po, *pa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407: “prep., pref. ‘after, by, at’”

    Further reading

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