Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nětu

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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

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Etymology

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Clipping of *ne (not) +‎ *(j)e (short form of *estь (is)) +‎ *tu (dat. of *tъ (that)) (as per Sobolevskij). Some descendants reflect the acc. formation *nětъ (literally: not so).

Adverb

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*nětu

  1. not, nohow (literally: it is not/there is not)

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*ne (j)e tu/*nětu”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нето¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 626