Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ta

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 1

Cognates include Hittite 𒋫 (ta, “and”), Ancient Greek τῷ (tôi, “then”), Sanskrit तात् (tāt, “thus, then”).

Conjunction

*ta

1. (East and South Slavic) and

   Synonyms: *i, *a

2. (East and South Slavic) but

   Synonyms: *a, *ale, *alebo, *ali, *alibo, *nъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: та (ta)
    • Old Ruthenian: та (ta)
      • Belarusian: та (ta)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: та (ta)
      • Ukrainian: та (ta)
        • → Polish: ta (dialectal)
        • → Slovak: ta (dialectal)
    • Russian: та (ta) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: та (ta)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⰰ (ta)

  • Bulgarian: та (ta)
  • Macedonian: та (ta)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̏

    Latin script: tȁ

  • Slovene: ta

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “та”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

*ta

1. inflection of *tъ:
   1. feminine singular
   2. masculine dual
   3. neuter plural