Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovo

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 the determiner *ovъ.

Determiner

*ovo

1. neuter singular nominative of *ovъ: this new one

Conjugation

*ovo

1. Used to introduce a supplementary clause or to connect new information: hence, so

   Synonyms: *to, *če

Derived terms

• *ovo li
• *ovo že

Related terms

• *ova (interjection)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ово (ovo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ово (ovo)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⰲⱁ (ovo)

    • Russian Church Slavonic: ово (ovo)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: owo (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: how
    • Upper Sorbian: jow, jew, hew

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190