Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebo

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 *néba (cloud; sky), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud).[1]

Noun

*nebò or *nȅbo n[1][2]

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Declension

Declension of *nebò (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *nebò *nebèsi *nebèsā
genitive *nebèse *nebèsu *nebèsъ
dative *nebèsi *nebèsьma *nebèsьmъ
accusative *nebò *nebèsi *nebèsā
instrumental *nebèsьmь *nebèsьma *nebèsȳ
locative *nebèse *nebèsu *nebèsьxъ
vocative *nebò *nebèsi *nebèsā
Declension of *nȅbo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *nȅbo *nȅbesi *nebesà
genitive *nȅbese *nebesù *nebèsъ
dative *nȅbesi *nebesьmà *nebèsьmъ
accusative *nȅbo *nȅbesi *nebesà
instrumental *nȅbesьmь *nebesьmà *nebesý
locative *nȅbese *nebesù *nebèsьxъ
vocative *nȅbo *nȅbesi *nebesà

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: небо (nebo)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “не́бо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “n. s (c) ‘sky, heaven’”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “nebo nebesa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:d (NA 131; PR 138; MP 17; RPT 111)