Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/za
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō (“behind, under, out of, because of”), itself perhaps a pronominal instrumental form from the *gʰe, *gʰo. Cognate with East Lithuanian аžù (аž before vowels) from *аžúо (“behind”), dial. Latvian аz, âz alongside with àiz- (“behind, beyond”).
Preposition[edit]
*za
- (+instrumental) behind, after (stationary)
- (+accusative) behind, after (motion to)
- Antonym: *perdъ
- (+accusative) in (time), during
- Synonym: *ob
- (+accusative) for, in exchange for, for the purpose of, in favour of
- Synonym: *vъz
- (+genitive) for, because of
Derived terms[edit]
- *zadъ (“back part”)
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “за”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress