Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o

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.

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ō, ultimately a natural expression. Compare Ancient Greek ὦ (ô), Latin ō, Old Irish a, Gothic 𐍉 (ō), Old Armenian ով (ov), Albanian o. Although the Proto-Indo-European form is reconstructed, this interjection could arise at any stage.

As Trubachyov, there is no linkage to other Indo-European interjections.

*o^[1][2]

1. Used to express strong emotions; oh!
2. Used before a noun in the vocative; O...

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: о (o)
    • Belarusian: го (ho), о (o) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: о (o)
    • Russian: о (o)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: о (o)

  • Bulgarian: о (o)
  • Macedonian: о (o)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: o

    Cyrillic script: о

  • Slovene: ō
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: o, ó
  • Old Polish: o
    • Polish: o
  • Slovak: o, ó
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: o
    • Upper Sorbian: o
  • Pomeranian:
    • Slovincian: o

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress