Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/a-

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 *ō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ō-. Compare Sanskrit आ- (ā-) (आनील (ānīla, “bluish”), नील (nīla, “blue”)), Ancient Greek ὠ- (ō-).

Prefix

*a-

1. From nouns

   *abrědъ, *abrędъ ← *brěd- / *bręd-

   *abolnь ← *bolna

   *agolvo ← *golva (“kill, killed”)

2. From nouns / verbs

   *aduxa / *adušь (“dyspnea”) ← *duxati (“to breathe”) / *duxъ (“breath”) (cp. *zaduxa)

   *ašutь ← *šutъ / *šutiti

   *avorъ ← *vorъ (cp. *zavorъ < *zaverti)

3. From verbs

   *apadь ← *pasti (cp. *zapadь)

   *adera ← *derti / *derǫ

   *avidь?, *avida?

   *avodь?

4. Other

   *arębъ?

   *askǫdь?

See also

• *za
• *a

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a-”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 6