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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kanas, from Proto-Indo-European *kon-o-, from *ken-. Equivalent to *čęti (to begin) + *-ъ.

For the meaning compare dial. Serbo-Croatian крај (beginning), dial. Russian край (kraj, beginning) (< *krajь (edge, end))[1].

Noun

*konъ m[2]

  1. beginning
    Synonyms: *konьcь, *pokonъ, *počętъkъ, *načętъkъ, *načętьje, *načędlo
  2. end
    Synonyms: *konьcь, *krajь

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: конъ (konŭ)
      • Belarusian: кон (kon)
      • Russian: кон (kon)
      • Ukrainian: кін (kin)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kon
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kón

Further reading

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), *krajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*konъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “m. o”
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