Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/by

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

*by

1. second-person singular perfective aorist of *byti
2. third-person singular perfective aorist of *byti

Conjuction

*by

1. Introduces a clause of aim; to, so that, in order to
2. Introduces a clarifying clause; to

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бꙑ (by)
    • Old Ruthenian: бы (by)
      • Ukrainian: (dialectal) би (by)
    • Russian: бы (by)
  • Old Novgorodian: бꙑ (by)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: bi

    Cyrillic script: би

  • Slovene: bi
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: by
    • Czech: by
  • Old Polish: by
    • Masurian: bi
    • Polish: by
    • Silesian: by
  • Slovak: (poetic) by
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: bë
    • Slovincian: bë
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: by
    • Upper Sorbian: by

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “by”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 48
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “by”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 89
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “bi”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si