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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tu
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Adverb
*tu
- there, in that place (general)
- here
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
In most descendants, this word has come to mean specifically "here" and contrasts with descendants of *tamo (“to that place”) for places further away. This development was already present in Old Church Slavonic, so it was probably already taking place within Proto-Slavic.
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: тут (tut)
- Russian: тут (tut)
- Rusyn: ту (tu), туй (tuj)
- Ukrainian: тут (tut)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ту (tu)
- Bulgarian: тук (tuk), тука (tuka)
- Macedonian: тука (tuka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ту
- Latin: tu
- Slovene: tȗkaj (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: tu
- Czech: tu
- Old Polish: tu
- Polish: tu, tutaj, (dialectal) tukaj, (dialectal) tukej
- Silesian: tukej
- Slovak: tu
- Old Czech: tu
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тут”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress