Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ano

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 *a +‎ *ono.

Particle

*ano

1. yes

Synonyms: *tako, *da

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ано (ano), анъ (anŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: ано (ano)
      • Belarusian: ано́ (anó) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: а́но́ (ánó) (dialectal)
    • Russian: ан (an), а́но́ (ánó) (dialectal, archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ано́ (anó)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ано̑ (dialectal)

    Latin script: anȏ (dialectal)

  • Slovene: àn; àno (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: an m, ana f, ano n
    • Czech: ano
  • Old Polish: ano
    • Polish: ano
  • Slovak: áno; an, án (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a jьno / *a ono”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
• Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ano”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 156
• Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ан”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 207
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “а́но́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 74