Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/do

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/do

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 *da, from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with Latvian da, dialectal Lithuanian da-.

Preposition

*do[1][2]

1. (with genitive) up to, until
2. (with genitive) before, by (a certain time), not later than

Synonyms

• *kъ(n)

Antonyms

• *otъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: до (do)
    • Old Ruthenian: до (do)
      • Belarusian: да (da)
      • Rusyn: до (do)
      • Ukrainian: до (do)
    • Russian: до (do)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: до (do)

    Glagolitic: ⰴⱁ (do)

  • Bulgarian: до (do)
  • Macedonian: до (do)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: до̏

    Latin: dȍ

  • Slovene: do (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: do
    • Czech: do
  • Kashubian: do
  • Polabian: dü
  • Polish: do
  • Slovak: do
  • Slovincian: dʉ̀ɵ̯
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: do
    • Upper Sorbian: do

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*do”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109: “prep. ‘to, until’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “do”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “до”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress