Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъnъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

*vьnъ[1]

Etymology

Disputed:

Meillet, Mladenov: From an amalgamation of Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out”) +‎ h₂nu (“on, at”), nearly exact cognate with Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“outside of”). First element akin with Proto-Slavic *vy(d) (“out”), second with Proto-Slavic *na (“on”).
Vasmer, Zubatý: From reanalysis of Proto-Indo-European *wónm̥ (“alien, external space”), cognate with Sanskrit वन (vána, “wood”).
Trautmann, Snoj: Related to Proto-Slavic *voňь (“smell, odour”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breath”) or from a nasal infix of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow wind”), via semantic development odour → air, athmosphere → open/unbounded space, outside. Cognate with Old Prussian winna (“air”).

Adverb

*vъ́nъ

out, outside, out of reach
outdoors
Synonym: *na dvorě

Antonyms

*vъnǫtrь (“inside”)

Derived terms

*jьz vъnъ (“out of”)
*na vъnъ (“at outside”)
*otъ vъnъ (“from outside”)
*vъnъka, *vъnъky (“outside”)
*vъně (“outside”)
- *vъněťьnъ, *vъněšьnъ (“outer, external”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вънъ (vŭnŭ), вонъ (vonŭ)
  - Russian: вон (von)
    - → Polish: won
  - Ukrainian: вон (von, “get out!”) (interjection)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вънъ (vŭnŭ), вьнъ (vĭnŭ)
- Bulgarian: вън (vǎn)
- Macedonian: вон (von)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ва̏н
  Latin: vȁn
- Slovene: və́n (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ven
  - Czech: ven
- Kashubian: wen
- Old Polish: wen
- Slovak: von
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wen
  - Upper Sorbian: won

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “ven”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vьnъ̏”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “ven”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vьnъ̏”