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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/va

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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 1

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *woh₁
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōˀ
Proto-Slavic *va

    Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁ (“you two”, enclitic acc./dat./gen.).[1] Compare Sanskrit वाम् (vām).

    Pronoun

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    *va[2]

    1. Dual second person pronoun; you two
    Declension
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    Proto-Slavic personal pronouns
    Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
    Nominative *jãzъ, *jà *ty̑ —
    Accusative *mę̑ *tę̑ *sę̑
    Genitive *mȅne *tȅbe *sȅbe
    Locative *mьně̀ *tebě̀ *sebě̀
    Dative *mьně̀, *mi *tebě̀, *ti *sebě̀, *si
    Instrumental *mъnòjǫ, *mъnojǫ̀ *tobòjǫ, *tobojǫ̀ *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
    Possessive *mojь *tvojь *svojь
    Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
    Nominative *vě̑ *vȃ —
    Accusative *nȃ *vȃ *sę̑
    Genitive *nàju *vàju *sȅbe
    Locative *nàju *vàju *sebě̀
    Dative *nàma, *na *vàma, *va *sebě̀, *si
    Instrumental *nàma *vàma *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
    Possessive *našь *vašь *svojь
    Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
    Nominative *my̑ *vy̑ —
    Accusative *ny̑ *vy̑ *sę̑
    Genitive *nàsъ *vàsъ *sȅbe
    Locative *nàsъ *vàsъ *sebě̀
    Dative *nàmъ, *ny *vàmъ, *vy *sebě̀, *si
    Instrumental *nàmi *vàmi *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
    Possessive *našь *vašь *svojь
    Descendants
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    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: ва (va)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: ва (va)
        Glagolitic script: ⰲⰰ (va)
    • West Slavic:
      • Masovian Polish: wa
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: wa pl
        • Slovincian: wa
      • Sorbian:
        • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: wej
        • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: wój

    Etymology 2

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *wāˀs
    Proto-Slavic *va

      Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wāˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂-s.[3][4] Cognate with Lithuanian võs (“hardly”).

      Particle

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      *va[5]

      1. barely, hardly
      Derived terms
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      adverbs
      conjunctions

      References

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      1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 855
      2. ^ Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1988), “wój”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 21 (tymje – wołma), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1641
      3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ed(ъ)và”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 139: “BSl. *edvaHs < PIE *h₁edʰ-ueh₂-s”
      4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “vos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510: “BSL *(ed)waʔs”
      5. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ledwie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 282
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