Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/za

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 *źō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō (“behind, under, out of, because of”), itself perhaps a pronominal instrumental form from the *gʰe, *gʰo. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Cognate with East Lithuanian аžù (аž before vowels) from *аžúо (“behind”), dial. Latvian az, âz alongside with àiz- (“behind, beyond”).[1]

    Preposition

    *za[1]

    1. (+instrumental) behind, after (stationary)
      Synonym: *zadi
      Antonyms: *perdъ, *perdi
    2. (+accusative) behind, after (motion to)
      Antonym: *perdъ
    3. (+accusative) in (time), during
      Synonym: *ob
    4. (+accusative) for, in exchange for, for the purpose of, in favour of
      Synonym: *vъz
    5. (+genitive) for, because of

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old Ruthenian: за (za)
        • Belarusian: за (za)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: за (za)
        • Ukrainian: за (za)
      • Russian: за (za)
      • Old Novgorodian: ꙁа (za)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: за (za)
        Glagolitic script: ⰸⰰ (za)
      • Bulgarian: за (za)
      • Macedonian: за (za), зад (zad)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: за
        Latin script: za
      • Slovene: za (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: za
      • Old Polish: za
        • Polish: za
        • Silesian: za
      • Slovak: za
      • Pomeranian:
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: za
        • Lower Sorbian: za

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*za”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

    Further reading

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