Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovo

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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 the determiner *ovъ.

Determiner

*ovo

  1. neuter singular nominative of *ovъ: this new one

Conjugation

*ovo

  1. Used to introduce a supplementary clause or to connect new information: hence, so
    Synonyms: *to, *če

Derived terms

  • *ovo li
  • *ovo že

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ово (ovo)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ово (ovo)
      Glagolitic script: ⱁⰲⱁ (ovo)
      • Russian Church Slavonic: ово (ovo)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: owo (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190