Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/u

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *au, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away from”). Cognate with Lithuanian au-.

Preposition

*u

1. (originally) away from [with genitive]
2. at, near [with genitive]

Synonyms

• *pri

Derived terms

• *u-

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: у (u)
    • Old Ruthenian: у (u)
      • Belarusian: у (u)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: у (u)
      • Ukrainian: у (u)
    • Russian: у (u)
  • Old Novgorodian: оу (u)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: оу (u)
  • Bulgarian: у (u)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у

    Latin script: u

  • Slovene: u
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: u
    • Czech: u
  • Old Polish: u
    • Polish: u
    • Silesian: u
  • Old Slovak: u
    • Pannonian Rusyn: у (u)
    • Slovak: u
  • Polabian: ai̯, au̯
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: ù
    • Slovincian: wù
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wu

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “у”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “u”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 659