Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nětu

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

Clipping of *ne (“not”) +‎ *(j)e (“short form of *estь (“is”)”) +‎ *tu (dat. of *tъ (“that”)) (as per Sobolevskij). Some descendants reflect the acc. formation *nětъ (literally: not so).

Adverb

*nětu

not, nohow (literally: it is not/there is not)

Alternative forms

*nětъ

Derived terms

*nětoli (“neither, in no way”)

Related terms

*ne (“not”)
- *ne esti/*něsti (“not to be”) (colloquial)
*ni (“neither, nor”)
- *ni to (“neither, nor so”)
- *ni že (“not even”)
*niščь (“destitute, negligible”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: нѣту (nětu), нѣтъ (nětŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: нѣтъ (nět), нѣту (nětu)
    - Belarusian: нет (njet) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: нїт (njit)
    - Ukrainian: ніт (nit), ніту (nitu)
  - Russian: нет (net); не́ту (nétu) (colloquial); не́тути (nétuti) (dialectal)
- Old Novgorodian: нѣту (nětu), нѣту ть (nětu tĭ), нѣтъ (nětŭ), нѣть (nětĭ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: не́то (néto), не́ту (nétu) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: nietu
  - Polish: niet
- Old Slovak: niet
  - Pannonian Rusyn: нєт (njet)
  - Slovak: niet

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*ne (j)e tu/*nětu”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нето¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 626