Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ne

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 *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.[1]

    Particle

    *ne[2]

    1. not

    Usage notes

    This was a general negation particle. It normally preceded the word which was to be negated.

    Derived terms

    • *ne bo
    • *ne bo edьnъ
    • *ne čajati sę
    • *ne esmь, *ne esi, *ne estь
    • *ne go
    • *ne go li
    • *ne (j)e tu
    • *ne (j)e žě li
    • *ne jьmati
    • *ne (j)u go?
    • *ne (j)u že
    • *ne lětь
    • *ne li, *ne lě
    • *ne lьga, *ne lьza
    • *ne olni
    • *ne vojisto?
    • *ne xaji
    • *ne že
    • *ne že li
    • *ně

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: не (ne)
        • Belarusian: не (nje), ня (nja) (before a stressed syllable)
        • Russian: не (ne)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: не (ne), нї (nji)
        • Ukrainian: не (ne)
      • Old Novgorodian: не (ne)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: не (ne)
        Glagolitic script: ⱀⰵ (ne)
      • Bulgarian: не (ne)
      • Macedonian: не (ne)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: не
        Latin: ne
      • Slovene: , ne (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EDSIL
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ne”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347