Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/i

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/i

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-Indo-European *éy, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Ancient Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Conjunction

*i[1][2]

1. and

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: и (i)
    • Old Ruthenian: и (i)
      • Belarusian: і (i), й (j)
      • Rusyn: й (j)
      • Ukrainian: і (i), й (j)
    • Russian: и (i) (see there for further descendants)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: и (i)

    Glagolitic: ⰹ (i)

  • Bulgarian: и (i)
  • Macedonian: и (i)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: и

    Latin: i

  • Slovene: in, i
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: i
  • Polish: i
  • Kashubian: ë
  • Slovak: i

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*i”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207: “conj. ‘and’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “i”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “and (PR 146)”