Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)
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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 *ab, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi, with no clear direct cognates, but which may have a relation to the following terms:
- *h₂m̥bʰi (“around”) (whence Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí)), which may share the suffix *-bʰi. (compare *oba and Latin ambō, which share the suffix *-bʰóh₁)
- *h₁epi/*h₁opi: Lithuanian ap(y)-, apýilgis, aprangà, Latin ob-, oblongus (: *odьlgъ, *orǫga), which would yield **op- which then might have been conflated with *ob- due to phonetic similiarity.
Preposition
*o(b)
- (with locative) around, about
- (with locative) concerning
- (with accusative) against, on
- (with accusative) during
Usage notes
Because of the law of open syllables, the final -b was often dropped. It was retained when the next word began with a vowel or with l or r. When combined with a word that began with v, it was also retained, but the v was dropped.
See also
Derived terms
Descendants
From *o:
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
From *ob(ъ)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ob”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 361
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress