Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aby

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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd
Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō
Proto-Slavic *a
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei
Proto-Slavic *byti
Proto-Slavic *by
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Proto-Slavic *aby

    Univerbation of *a +‎ *by.

    Particle

    *aby[1][2]

    1. as long as

    Conjunction

    *aby[1][2]

    1. so that, in order to

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: абꙑ (aby)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “aby”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 148
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a by”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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