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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/onъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anas.
Pronoun
*onъ[1]
- he, it, that
Declension
The nominative forms also served as replacements for the nominative of anaphoric pronoun *jь (“he, she, it”). The non-nominative forms were used only as determiners.
Declension of *onъ (hard pronominal)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *onъ | *ona | *ono |
| Accusative | *onъ | *onǫ | *ono |
| Genitive | *onogo | *onoję | *onogo |
| Locative | *onomь | *onojь | *onomь |
| Dative | *onomu | *onojь | *onomu |
| Instrumental | *oněmь | *onojǫ | *oněmь |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ona | *oně | *oně |
| Accusative | *ona | *oně | *oně |
| Genitive | *onoju | *onoju | *onoju |
| Locative | *onoju | *onoju | *onoju |
| Dative | *oněma | *oněma | *oněma |
| Instrumental | *oněma | *oněma | *oněma |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *oni | *ony | *ona |
| Accusative | *ony | *ony | *ona |
| Genitive | *oněxъ | *oněxъ | *oněxъ |
| Locative | *oněxъ | *oněxъ | *oněxъ |
| Dative | *oněmъ | *oněmъ | *oněmъ |
| Instrumental | *oněmi | *oněmi | *oněmi |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: онъ (onŭ)
- Belarusian: ён (jon)
- Russian: он (on)
- Rusyn: он (on), він (vin)
- Ukrainian: він (vin)
- Old East Slavic: онъ (onŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: онъ (onŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱁⱀⱏ (onŭ)
- Bulgarian: он (on) (archaic)
- Macedonian: он (on) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̑н
- Latin: ȏn
- Slovene: ȍn (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: on
- Czech: on
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): von
- Czech: on
- Slovak: on
- Old Polish: on
- Polish: on
- Lesser Polish (Więciórka): un
- Polish: on
- Polabian: vån
- Silesian: uůn
- Kashubian: òn
- Polabian: vån
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wón
- Lower Sorbian: wón
- Old Czech: on
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*onъ, *ona, *ono”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 89
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “он”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Determiner
*onъ[1]
- that, that over there, yonder
Declension
Declension of *onъ (hard pronominal)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *onъ | *ona | *ono |
| Accusative | *onъ | *onǫ | *ono |
| Genitive | *onogo | *onoję | *onogo |
| Locative | *onomь | *onojь | *onomь |
| Dative | *onomu | *onojь | *onomu |
| Instrumental | *oněmь | *onojǫ | *oněmь |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ona | *oně | *oně |
| Accusative | *ona | *oně | *oně |
| Genitive | *onoju | *onoju | *onoju |
| Locative | *onoju | *onoju | *onoju |
| Dative | *oněma | *oněma | *oněma |
| Instrumental | *oněma | *oněma | *oněma |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *oni | *ony | *ona |
| Accusative | *ony | *ony | *ona |
| Genitive | *oněxъ | *oněxъ | *oněxъ |
| Locative | *oněxъ | *oněxъ | *oněxъ |
| Dative | *oněmъ | *oněmъ | *oněmъ |
| Instrumental | *oněmi | *oněmi | *oněmi |
See also
- *jь, *čьjь, *jьnъ, *kъjь, *onъ, *ovъ, *sь, *tъ, *vьśь
- *jakъ, *jьnakъ, *kakъ, *onakъ, *ovakъ, *sicь, *takъ, *vьśakъ
- *koterъ, *jeterъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: о́ный (ónyj) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: о́ний (ónyj) (obsolete)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: онъ (onŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱁⱀⱐ (onĭ)
- Bulgarian: он (on)
- Macedonian: оној (onoj) (< *onъ-jь)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̀на̄ј (< *onъ-jь)
- Latin: ònāj (< *onъ-jь)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: onen (obsolete)
- Kashubian: òn
- Polish: on (dated, literary), ón (dialectal)
- Slovak: onen (obsolete)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wony
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*onъ, *ona, *ono”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 89
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*onъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372