Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nō

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂nō (“upwards, onto”), from *h₂en- (“up, on, onto”).

Preposition

*nō^[1]^[2]

on, onto

Descendants

Latgalian: nū
Latvian: nò
Lithuanian: nuõ
Old Prussian: no
Proto-Slavic: *na (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344: “*nō”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “nuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338: “*nō”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344: “*nō”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “nuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338: “*nō”

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