Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ale

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ale

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

ESSJa reconstructs a compound conjunction *a (“however”) +‎ *le, invented on native soil. Attested mainly in Western Slavic. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ályos (“other”) (expected would be **oľe), which Trubachev refutes.

In Bulgarian, there exists a conjunction ала (ala, “however”), which is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλλά (allá).

Conjunction

*ale

1. but, however

   Synonym: *nъ (East Slavic, Eastern South Slavic)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: але́ (aljé) (possibly influenced by Polish)
  • Ukrainian: але́ (alé) (possibly influenced by Polish)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: а̏ле

    Latin: ȁle

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ale
  • Polish: ale
  • Slovincian: ālë
  • Slovak: ale
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: ale
    • Lower Sorbian: ale

Further reading

• “*a le”, in Trubačóv, Oleg, editor, Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages]‎ (in Russian), volume 26, Moscow: Nauka, 1999, page 50
• “ала¹”, in Georgiev Vl. I., editor, Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1971, page 8