Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/abьje

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

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root *abʰ-. Compare Sanskrit अह्नाय (ahnāya, “instantly, at once”), Ancient Greek ἄφαρ (áphar, “at once”), ἄφνω (áphnō, “suddenly”).

Compare also Old Novgorodian абьно (abĭno, “if, when”).

Adverb

*abьje

1. (South Slavic) immediately, at once

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: абиѥ (abije)

    • Church Slavonic: абие (abie); абиѥ (abije), абьѥ (abĭje) (Russian recension)
    • → Old East Slavic: абие (abije) (learned)
      • Russian: абие (abije) (obsolete)
  • Bulgarian: абие (abie)

Further reading

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