Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ano

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

    Univerbation of *a +‎ *ono.

    Particle

    *ano

    1. yes

    Synonyms: *tako, *da

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: ано (ano), анъ (anŭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: ано (ano)
          • Belarusian: ано́ (anó) (dialectal)
          • Ukrainian: а́но́ (ánó) (dialectal)
        • Russian: ан (an), а́но́ (ánó) (dialectal, archaic)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: ано́ (anó)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ано̑ (dialectal)
        Latin script: anȏ (dialectal)
      • Slovene: àn; àno (dialectal)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a jьno / *a ono”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
    • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ano”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 156
    • Anikin, A. E. (2007), “ан”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 207
    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “а́но́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 74