Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bo

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bo

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰo. According to ЭССЯ it is a prosodic variant of *ba.

Conjunction

*bo[1][2]

1. for

Derived terms

• *a bo
• *i bo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бо (bo)
    • Russian: ибо (ibo)
    • Old Belarusian: бо (bo)
      • Belarusian: бо (bo)
    • Old Ukrainian: бо (bo)
      • Ukrainian: бо (bo)
      • Rusyn: бо (bo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: бо (bo)

    Glagolitic: ⰱⱁ (bo)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: бо

    Latin: bo

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bo
    • Czech: bo
  • Kashubian: bò
  • Polish: bo
  • Slovak: bo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bo
    • Lower Sorbian: bo
  • Silesian: bo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 141
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a bo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 34
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*i ba, *i bo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 167

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49: “conj. ‘for’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(encl.) fordi (PR 145)”