инако

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjinɑkɔ/→/ˈjinakɔ/→/ˈjinakɔ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjinɑkɔ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjinakɔ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjinakɔ/

Adverb

инако (inako)

1. otherwise, differently
   • 1110s, Laurentian Codex:

     ꙗко кр(с)тлъсѧ есть в киевѣ. и ини же рѣша василиви. друзии же инако скажють.

     jako kr(s)tlŭsę jestĭ v kijevě. i ini že rěša vasilivi. druzii že inako skažjutĭ.

     that he is baptized in Kiev, and some said in Vasilev, and the others would say otherwise

Descendants

• Belarusian: іна́кш (inákš), іна́чай (ináčaj)
• ⇒? Russian: ина́че (ináče), и́наче (ínače)
• Ukrainian: іна́к (inák), іна́кше (inákše), іна́че (ináče)

References

• Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 509: “и́нако ― ínako”