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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьnъ

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iˀnas (one), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁iHnos (one).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian víenas (one), Latvian viêns (one), Old Prussian ainan (one).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek οἴνη (oínē, one (on dice)), Latin ūnus (one) (from Old Latin oinos (one)).

Determiner

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*jь̀nъ[1][2]

  1. other, another
  2. different

Declension

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See also

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “иной”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 232

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jь̀nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212:prn. (a) ‘other’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “inъ ina ino”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 36, 199; PR 133)