Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nětu
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of *ne (“not”) + *(j)e (“short form of *estь (“is”)”) + *tu (dat. of *tъ (“that”)) (as per Sobolevskij). Some descendants reflect the acc. formation *nětъ (literally: not so).
Adverb[edit]
*nětu
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- *nětoli (“neither, in no way”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*ne (j)e tu/*nětu”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нето¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 626