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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/po

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó. Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian pa, Lithuanian pa-, Old Prussian pa-, po-.

Indo-European cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Sanskrit अप- (ápa-, away, off), Latin ab (from), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, away), Proto-Germanic *ab (away from).

Another variant of the preposition (likely descending from pre-Slavic *pós) has been used to form the adverbs Proto-Slavic *pozdě (lately) and Proto-Slavic *poslě (afterwards).

Preposition

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*po[1]

  1. (with locative) after
  2. by
  3. at

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: по (po), па (pa)
    • Russian: по (po)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: по (po)
    • Ukrainian: по (po)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: po
    • Old Polish: po
      • Polish: po
      • Silesian: po
    • Slovak: po
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: po
      • Lower Sorbian:

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*po, *pa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407:prep., pref. ‘after, by, at’

Further reading

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