< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From the determiner *ovъ.
Determiner
*ovo
- neuter singular nominative of *ovъ: this new one
Conjugation
*ovo
- Used to introduce a supplementary clause or to connect new information: hence, so
- Synonyms: *to, *če
Derived terms
- *ovo li
- *ovo že
Related terms
- *ova (interjection)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ово (ovo)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: ово (ovo)
- Glagolitic: ⱁⰲⱁ (ovo)
- Russian Church Slavonic: ово (ovo)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: owo (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: how
- Upper Sorbian: jow, jew, hew
Further reading
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190