Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nadъ

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 *nōda, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nō-dʰh₁-o-m. The first part of the compound is directly reflected in *na (“on”), and for the second part compare a similarly constructed preposition *podъ. *dʰh₁o- represents a root noun of the verb *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”), whence also *děti.

Preposition

*nadъ

1. (with instrumental) over, above (stationary)
2. (with accusative) over, above (motion to)

Antonyms

• *podъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: над (nad)
  • Russian: над (nad)
  • Ukrainian: над (nad)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: надъ (nadŭ)
  • Bulgarian: над (nad)
  • Macedonian: над (nad)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: на̏д

    Latin script: nȁd

  • Slovene: nad (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nad
    • Czech: nad
  • Old Polish: nad, nade
    • Polish: nad, nade
    • Silesian: nad, nady
  • Slovak: nad
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: nad, nód
    • Slovincian: nad
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: nad
    • Upper Sorbian: nad

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “над”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress