< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/a-
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ō-. Compare Sanskrit आ (ā) (आनील (ānīla, “bluish”), नील (nīla, “blue”)), Ancient Greek ὠ- (ō-).
Prefix
*a-
- From nouns
- *abrědъ, *abrędъ ← *brěd- / *bręd-
- *abolnь ← *bolna
- *agolvo ← *golva (“kill, killed”)
- From nouns / verbs
- *aduxa / *adušь (“dyspnea”) ← *duxati (“to breathe”) / *duxъ (“breath”) (cp. *zaduxa)
- *ašutь ← *šutъ / *šutiti
- *avorъ ← *vorъ (cp. *zavorъ < *zaverti)
- From verbs
- *apadь ← *pasti (cp. *zapadь)
- *adera ← *derti / *derǫ
- *avidь?, *avida?
- *avodь?
- Other
- *arębъ?
- *askǫdь?
See also
- *za
- *a
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a-”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 6