Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nō
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
Most likely from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥-eh₃ or a contracted form of *h₂enō (“upwards, onto”), from *h₂en- (“up, on, onto”).
Preposition
Descendants
- Latgalian: nū
- Latvian: nò
- Lithuanian: nuõ
- Old Prussian: no
- Proto-Slavic: *na (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 344: “*nō”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “nuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338: “*nō”