Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъnǫtrь

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 *vъ(n)- +‎ *ǫtrь.

*vъnǫtrь

1. indoors, inside, within

   Antonym: *vъ́nъ

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: внутрь (vnutrʹ), внутри́ (vnutrí)
    • Belarusian: ўнутры́ (ŭnutrý)
    • Ukrainian: внутрі́ (vnutrí), уну́трі (unútri), уну́тр (unútr) (dialectal)
  • Russian: внутрь (vnutrʹ), внутри́ (vnutrí)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вънѫтрь (vŭnǫtrĭ)
  • Bulgarian: въ́тре (vǎ́tre), внетре (vnetre) (south dialects)
  • Macedonian: внатре (vnatre)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀нутар, у̀нӯтра

    Latin script: ùnutar, ùnūtra

  • Slovene: nọ̄ter, nọ̄tri (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vňutř
    • Czech: vnitř
    • ⇒ Czech: uvnitř
  • Old Polish: wnątrz
    • ⇒ Polish: wewnątrz
  • Slovak: vnutor, vňútor, vnútri
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wnutś
    • Upper Sorbian: wnutŕ

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “внутрь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress