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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)

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 *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

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Preposition

*o(b)

  1. (with locative) around, about
  2. (with locative) concerning
  3. (with accusative) against, on
  4. (with accusative) during

Usage notes

Because of the law of open syllables, the final -b was often dropped. It was retained when the next word began with a vowel or with l or r. When combined with a word that began with v, it was also retained, but the v was dropped.

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Derived terms

Descendants

From *o:

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: о (o), ѡ (o)
      • Old Ruthenian: о (o)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: о (o)
        • Ukrainian: о (o)
      • Russian: о (o)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: о (o)
    • Bulgarian: о (o)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о
      Latin script: o
    • Slovene: ȍ (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: o, ob
    • Old Polish: o
      • Masurian: ô
      • Polish: o
      • Silesian: ô
    • Slovak: o, ob
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wó
      • Upper Sorbian: wó

From *ob(ъ)

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: объ (obŭ), об (ob), ѡб (ob)
      • Old Ruthenian: объ (ob)
        • Belarusian: аб (ab)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: об (ob)
        • Ukrainian: об (ob)
      • Russian: об (ob)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: объ (obŭ), об (ob)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: об (regional)
      Latin script: ob (regional)
    • Slovene: ȍb (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ob
    • Kashubian: òb, òbe
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wob

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