Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ače

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ače

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 +‎ *če.

Particle

*ače[1][2]

1. there it is, there it is

Conjuction

*ače[1][2]

1. if, although

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: аче (ače)
    • Old Ruthenian:
      • Belarusian: ач (ač) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ач́ (ač́)
    • Russian: а́че (áče), ач (ač)
  • Old Novgorodian: аче (ače)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: обаче (obače)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (Old Serbian)

    Latin: ače

    Cyrillic: аче

  • Slovene: àče (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ač
    • Czech: ač
  • Kashubian: acz
  • Old Polish: acz
    • Polish: acz
  • Slovak: ač
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: ac (obsolete)
    • Upper Sorbian: hač; ač (dated)

Further reading

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