Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъ(n)
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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 either Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“one, same”) in which case inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *san and cognate with Latvian sa-, Lithuanian su, or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom (“with”)[1].[2]
Etymologically identical to the nominal prefix Proto-Slavic *sǫ-. The difference in development is because of the looser juncture between early Proto-Slavic verbs and preverbs: thus, preverbal *sun was subject to Slavic Auslautgesetze. A similar situation is found in modern German. Not to be confused with Proto-Slavic *sъ- (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-.
Preposition[edit]
*sъ(n)
- (with instrumental) with, accompanying, alongside
- (with instrumental) with, by means of, using
Usage notes[edit]
Because of the law of open syllables, the final -n was normally dropped. But when combined with a stem that originally began with /j/, it was attached to the following word. Cf. Russian ею (jeju), but с (s) нею (neju) (*sъn jejǫ > /snˈeju/) etc.
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- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1972), “с”, in , Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 539-540
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъ(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 478