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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Univerbation of *a + *bo.
Conjunction
*abo[1][2]
- or
- whether
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: або (abo)
- Old Ruthenian: або (abo)
- Belarusian: або́ (abó)
- Carpathian Rusyn: а́бо (ábo), або́ (abó)
- Ukrainian: або́ (abó)
- Russian: а́бо (ábo)
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Slovene: àboj (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: abo
- Old Slovak: abo
- Pannonian Rusyn: або (abo)
- Slovak: abo
- Pomeranian:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: abo
- Upper Sorbian: abo
Further reading
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “aže”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 167
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a bo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 34