Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebo

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 *néba (cloud; sky), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud).[1]

    Noun

    *nebò or *nȅbo n[1][2]

    1. sky
    2. heaven

    Declension

    Declension of *nebò (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *nebò *nebèsi *nebèsā
    genitive *nebèse *nebèsu *nebèsъ
    dative *nebèsi *nebèsьma *nebèsьmъ
    accusative *nebò *nebèsi *nebèsā
    instrumental *nebèsьmь *nebèsьma *nebèsȳ
    locative *nebèse *nebèsu *nebèsьxъ
    vocative *nebò *nebèsi *nebèsā
    Declension of *nȅbo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *nȅbo *nȅbesi *nebesà
    genitive *nȅbese *nebesù *nebèsъ
    dative *nȅbesi *nebesьmà *nebèsьmъ
    accusative *nȅbo *nȅbesi *nebesà
    instrumental *nȅbesьmь *nebesьmà *nebesý
    locative *nȅbese *nebesù *nebèsьxъ
    vocative *nȅbo *nȅbesi *nebesà

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: небо (nebo)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “не́бо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “n. s (c) ‘sky, heaven’”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “nebo nebesa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:d (NA 131; PR 138; MP 17; RPT 111)