Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/neza(j)apьnъ

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.

From *neza(j)apъ +‎ *-ьnъ. By surface analysis, *ne +‎ *za +‎ *(j)apa +‎ *-ьnъ.

*neza(j)apьnъ

1. sudden, unexpected

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⰵⰸⰰⰰⱂⱐⱀⱏ (nezaapĭnŭ)

    Old Cyrillic script: незаапьнъ (nezaapĭnŭ)

    • Church Slavonic: незаапьнъ (nezaapĭnŭ), незапьнъ (nezapĭnŭ) (Russian recension)
    • → Old East Slavic: незаапьнъ (nezaapĭnŭ), незапьнъ (nezapĭnŭ)
      • Russian: неза́пный (nezápnyj) (archaic)
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:

      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱏⱀⰵⰸⰰⰰⱂⱐⱀⱏ (vŭnezaapĭnŭ), ⰲⱏⱀⰵⰸⰰⱑⱂⱐⱀⱏ (vŭnezaěpĭnŭ)

      Old Cyrillic script: вънезаапьнъ (vŭnezaapĭnŭ), вънезаꙗпьнъ (vŭnezajapĭnŭ)

      • Bulgarian: внеза́пен (vnezápen)
      • → Old East Slavic: вънезаапьнъ (vŭnezaapĭnŭ), вънезапьнъ (vŭnezapĭnŭ)
        • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: внезапу (vnezapu), внезаапу (vnezaapu)
        • Russian: внеза́пный (vnezápnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964) “внеза́пно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 328