Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nu

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 a lengthened variant of Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). See also *nъ (“but”) and *nyně (“now”).

Interjection

*nu[1]

  1. well, fine then

Derived terms

  • *nu ka
  • *nu te/ti/to/ta
  • *nu že

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ну (nu)
    • Russian: ну (nu)
    • Ukrainian: ну (nu)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ну
      Latin script: nu
    • Slovene: nu
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: nu
    • Old Polish: nu
      • Polish: nu

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nu”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, pages 30-32
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