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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/va

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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 1

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁.

Pronoun

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*va[1]

  1. Dual second person pronoun; you two
Declension
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Descendants
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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ва (va)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ва (va)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⰰ (va)
  • West Slavic:
    • Masovian Polish: wa
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: wa pl
      • Slovincian: wa
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wej
      • Upper Sorbian: wój

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wāˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂-s.[2][3] Cognate with Lithuanian võs (hardly).

Particle

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*va[4]

  1. barely, hardly
Derived terms
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adverbs
conjunctions

References

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  1. ^ Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1988) “wój”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 21 (tymje – wołma), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1641
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ed(ъ)và”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 139:BSl. *edvaHs < PIE *h₁edʰ-ueh₂-s
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510:BSL *(ed)waʔs
  4. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ledwie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 282