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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ale

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

ESSJa reconstructs a compound conjunction *a (“however”) +‎ *le, invented on native soil. Attested mainly in Western Slavic. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other”) (expected would be **oľe), which Trubachev refutes.

In Bulgarian, there exists a conjunction ала (ala, “however”), which is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλλά (allá).

Conjunction

*ale

  1. but, however
    Synonym: *nъ (East Slavic, Eastern South Slavic)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: але́ (alé) (possibly influenced by Polish)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: а̏ле
      Latin script: ȁle
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: ale, aľe
    • Old Polish: ale
    • Slovak: ale
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: ale
      • Slovincian: ale
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: ale
      • Lower Sorbian: ale

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a le”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 37
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ала¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 8
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