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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-o-

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Proto-Slavic

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Alternative forms

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  • *-e- (after a soft consonant)

Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Compare Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-).

    Interfix

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    *-o-

    1. used in compound words; -o-
      *čь̀rnъ (black) + ‎*-o- + ‎*bylь (plant, herb) → ‎*čьrnobylь (mugwort)
      *bě̃lъ (white) + ‎*-o- + ‎*golvъ (headed) → ‎*bělogolvъ (white headed)
      *dòbrъ (good) + ‎*-o- + ‎*mȋrъ (peace) → ‎*Dobromirъ (male given name)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: -о- (-o-)
        • Old Ruthenian: -о- (-o-)
        • Russian: -о- (-o-)
      • Old Novgorodian: -о- (-o-)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: -о- (-o-)
        Glagolitic script: -ⱁ- (-o-)
        • Church Slavonic: -о- (-o-)
        • Bulgarian: -о- (-o-)
        • Macedonian: -о- (-o-)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: -о-
        Latin script: -o-
        • Slavomolisano: -o-
      • Slovene: -o-
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: -o-
      • Old Polish: -o-
      • Polabian: -ü-
      • Pomeranian:
      • Slovak: -o-
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: -o-
        • Upper Sorbian: -o-