Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/na

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō.

Preposition

*na[1][2]

(with locative) on
(with locative) concerning
(with accusative) onto
(with accusative) to, towards
(with accusative) against

Derived terms

*na-
*naj-

Antonyms

*sъ(n)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: на (na)
  - Belarusian: на (na)
  - Russian: на (na)
  - Rusyn: на (na)
  - Ukrainian: на (na)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: на (na)
  Glagolitic: ⱀⰰ (na)
- Bulgarian: на (na)
- Macedonian: на (na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: на
  Latin: na
- Slovene: na (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: na
  - Czech: na
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): na
- Kashubian: na
- Polabian: no
- Polish: na
- Slovak: na
- Slovincian: na, nȯ
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: na
  - Lower Sorbian: na

Etymology 2

It has been identified with the preposition, such that its entry is unified in the Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages.[3]

Interjection

*na

here you are! come and take it!

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: на (na)
- Russian: на (na)
- Rusyn: на (na)
- Ukrainian: на (na)
- → Karaim:
  Cyrillic: на
  Latin: na
- → Turkish: na (Trabzon, Rize)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: на (na)
- Macedonian: на (na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: на, на̏
  Latin: nȃ, nȁ
- Slovene: nȃ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: na
  - Bohemian (Chod dialect): na
  - Moravian (Mistřice): na
- Polish: na (only dialectal and obsolete)
- Slovak: na
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: na
  - Upper Sorbian: na

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

*na

accusative of *vě

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
Olander, Thomas (2001), “na”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*na”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “na”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”

[3] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185