Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьnъ

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 *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

*jь̀nъ

1. other, another
2. different

Declension

Declension of *jьnъ (hard pronominal)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jьnъ	*jьna	*jьno
Accusative	*jьnъ	*jьnǫ	*jьno
Genitive	*jьnogo	*jьnoję̇	*jьnogo
Locative	*jьnomь	*jьnoji	*jьnomь
Dative	*jьnomu	*jьnoji	*jьnomu
Instrumental	*jьněmь	*jьnojǫ	*jьněmь
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jьna	*jьně	*jьně
Accusative	*jьna	*jьně	*jьně
Genitive	*jьnoju	*jьnoju	*jьnoju
Locative	*jьnoju	*jьnoju	*jьnoju
Dative	*jьněma	*jьněma	*jьněma
Instrumental	*jьněma	*jьněma	*jьněma
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*jьni	*jьny	*jьna
Accusative	*jьny	*jьny	*jьna
Genitive	*jьněxъ	*jьněxъ	*jьněxъ
Locative	*jьněxъ	*jьněxъ	*jьněxъ
Dative	*jьněmъ	*jьněmъ	*jьněmъ
Instrumental	*jьněmi	*jьněmi	*jьněmi

See also

• *jь, *čьjь, *jьnъ, *kъjь, *onъ, *ovъ, *sь, *tъ, *vьśь
• *jakъ, *jьnakъ, *kakъ, *onakъ, *ovakъ, *sicь, *takъ, *vьśakъ
• *koterъ, *jeterъ

Derived terms

• *jьnъde
• *jьnako

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: і́ншы (ínšy)
  • Russian: ино́й (inój)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: иншы (ynšŷ), і́ншы (ínšŷ), иншакый (ynšakŷj)
  • Ukrainian: і́нший (ínšyj), і́нчий (ínčyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Old Cyrillic script: инъ (inŭ)
    • Glagolitic script: ⰹⱀⱏ (inŭ)
  • Bulgarian: ин (in) (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: и́накъв (ínakǎv)
  • Macedonian: инаков (inakov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: и̑н
    • Latin script: ȋn
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jiný, iný (dialectal)
    • Czech: jiný
  • Old Polish: iny, ini, jeny, inny, jenny
    • ⇒ Polish: inny
    • ⇒ Silesian: inkszy, inszy, inakszy
  • Old Slovak: hinší, hiný, inší, iný, jinší, jiný
    • Pannonian Rusyn: инши (inši), (obsolete) ини (ini)
    • Slovak: iný
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: jiny
    • Slovincian: jyny
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: hyny
    • Upper Sorbian: jiny

Further reading

• 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