Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъ(n)

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-Indo-European *kom or *ku, *kʷom. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (kw/ku, “to”), Sanskrit कम् (kám, postposition, after datives), Avestan 𐬐𐬄𐬨 (kąm, “for the sake of”).[1] Also compare Old Latin quom (“with”), Latin cum, com-, con-, co-, cum-, Oscan com-, kúm, com-, co-, ku-, Old Irish co-, com- (“with”), Gaulish com-, co-. But usually they are derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom. Following Pokorny, Matasović compares Proto-Celtic *kʷo (“to”), whence Old Irish co and Welsh py, pwy (“to”), and reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *kʷo (“to”).[2]

    Preposition

    *kъ(n)[1][3]

    1. (with dative) to, towards
      Synonym: *do
      Antonym: *otъ

    Usage notes

    Because of the law of open syllables, the final -n was normally dropped. But when combined with a stem that (originally?) began with a vowel, it was attached to the following word.

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: къ (kŭ), ко (ko), ку (ku)
      • Old Novgorodian: къ (kŭ), ко (ko)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: къ (kŭ)
      • Bulgarian: към (kǎm)
      • Macedonian: кон (kon)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: к, ка
        Latin script: k, ka
      • Slovene: k, h
    • West Slavic:

    See also

    Further reading

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъ(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259: “prep. ‘to’”
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180: “PIE: *kʷo- [Prep.]”
    3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “kъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”
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