Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ō

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd. Compare Sanskrit आत् (āt, afterwards, then).

    Conjunction

    [1][2]

    1. and
    2. but

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *ā́

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: a
    • Lithuanian: õ
    • Proto-Slavic: *a (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*a”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25:
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “o”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339: