Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ne

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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 *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Particle

*ne

  1. not

Usage notes

This was a general negation particle. It normally preceded the word which was to be negated.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: не (ne)
      • Belarusian: не (nje), ня (nja) (unstressed)
      • Russian: не (ne)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: не (ne), нї (nji)
      • Ukrainian: не (ne)
    • Old Novgorodian: не (ne)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ne”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 347