Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aby

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aby

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

Univerbation of *a +‎ *by.

Particle

*aby[1][2]

1. as long as

Conjuction

*aby[1][2]

1. so that, in order to

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: абꙑ (aby)
    • Old Ruthenian: абы (aby)
      • Belarusian: абы (aby)
      • Ukrainian: аби́ (abý)
    • Russian: абы́ (abý), а́бы (áby)
  • Old Novgorodian: абꙑ (aby)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: абꙑ (aby)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: aby
    • Czech: aby
  • Old Polish: aby
    • Polish: aby
  • Slovak: aby
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: aby
    • Upper Sorbian: aby

Further reading

1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “aby”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 148
2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a by”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 35