Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/a-

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 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 *ō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ō-. Compare Sanskrit आ- (ā-) (आनील (ānīla, “bluish”), नील (nīla, “blue”)), Ancient Greek ὠ- (ō-).

Prefix

*a-

  1. From nouns
    *abrědъ, *abrędъ ← *brěd- / *bręd-
    *abolnь ← *bolna
    *agolvo ← *golva (“kill, killed”)
  2. From nouns / verbs
    *aduxa / *adušь (“dyspnea”) ← *duxati (“to breathe”) / *duxъ (“breath”) (cp. *zaduxa)
    *ašutь ← *šutъ / *šutiti
    *avorъ ← *vorъ (cp. *zavorъ < *zaverti)
  3. From verbs
    *apadь ← *pasti (cp. *zapadь)
    *adera ← *derti / *derǫ
    *avidь?, *avida?
    *avodь?
  4. Other
    *arębъ?
    *askǫdь?

See also

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a-”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 6
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