Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/va

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

    Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁ (you two, enclitic acc./dat./gen.).[1] Compare Sanskrit वाम् (vām).

    Pronoun

    *va[2]

    1. Dual second person pronoun; you two
    Declension
    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: ва (va)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: ва (va)
        Glagolitic script: ⰲⰰ (va)
    • West Slavic:
      • Masovian Polish: wa
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: wa pl
        • Slovincian: wa
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: wej
        • Upper Sorbian: wój

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wāˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂-s.[3][4] Cognate with Lithuanian võs (hardly).

      Particle

      *va[5]

      1. barely, hardly
      Derived terms
      adverbs
      conjunctions

      References

      1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 855
      2. ^ Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1988) “wój”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 21 (tymje – wołma), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1641
      3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ed(ъ)và”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 139:BSl. *edvaHs < PIE *h₁edʰ-ueh₂-s
      4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510:BSL *(ed)waʔs
      5. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ledwie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 282