Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tu

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *tau.

Adverb[edit]

*tu

  1. there, in that place (general)
  2. here

See also[edit]

Type *kъto *jь *jьnъ *onъ *ovъ *sь *tъ *vьśь
Time *kogъda *jegъda *jьnogъda *onogъda *ovogъda *segъda *togъda *vьśegъda
Place (to) *kǫda *jǫdu *jьnǫdu *onǫda *ovǫda *sǫda *tǫda *vьśǫdu
Place (to/in) *kamo *jamo *jьnamo *onamo *ovamo *sěmo *tamo *vьśamo
Place (in) *kъde *jьde *jьnъde *onъde *ovъde *sьde *tu *vьśьde
Way *kako *jako *jьnako *onako *ovako *sice *tako *vьśako
Amount *koliko *jeliko *jьnoliko *onoliko *ovoliko *seliko *toliko

Descendants[edit]

In most descendants, this word has come to mean specifically "here" and contrasts with descendants of *tamo (to that place) for places further away. This development was already present in Old Church Slavonic, so it was probably already taking place within Proto-Slavic.

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: тут (tut)
    • Russian: тут (tut)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ту (tu), туй (tuj)
    • Ukrainian: тут (tut)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: tu
    • Old Polish: tu
      • Masurian: tu
      • Polish: tu
    • Slovak: tu
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: tu
      • Slovincian:

Further reading[edit]

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