< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jako
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *jakъ.[1]
Adverb
*jako
- (interrogative, relative) how, in which way
Synonyms
- *kako
See also
| Type | *kъto | *jь | *jьnъ | *onъ | *ovъ | *sь | *tъ | *vьxъ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | *kogъda | *jegъda | *jьnogъda | *onogъda | *ovogъda | *segъda | *togъda | *vьśegъda |
| Place (to) | *kǫda | *jǫdu | *jьnǫdu | *onǫda | *ovǫda | *sǫda | *tǫda | *vьxǫdu |
| Place (to/in) | *kamo | *jamo | *jьnamo | *onamo | *ovamo | *sěmo | *tamo | *vьxamo |
| Place (in) | *kъde | *jьde | *jьnъde | *onъde | *ovъde | *sьde | *tu | *vьxъde |
| Way | *kako | *jako | *jьnako | *onako | *ovako | *sice | *tako | *vьxako |
| Amount | *koliko | *jeliko | *jьnoliko | *onoliko | *ovoliko | *seliko | *toliko | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗко (jako)
- Russian: яко (jako) (archaic)
- Belarusian: як (jak)
- Ukrainian: як (jak)
- Old East Slavic: ꙗко (jako)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: ꙗко (jako)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: ако (ako, “if”)
- Macedonian: ако (ako, “if”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: а̏ко (“if”)
- Latin: ȁko (“if”)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: jak, jako
- Kashubian: jak
- Polish: jak (“how, if”), jako (“as”)
- Slovak: ako, ak (“if”)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ako / *jako?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64
- Antoine Meillet (1934) Общеславянский язык (in Russian), translated from French, 2nd edition, Moscow: Прогресс, published 2001, →ISBN, page 378