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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nadъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nōda, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nō-dʰh₁-o-m. The first part of the compound is directly reflected in *na (“on”), and for the second part compare a similarly constructed preposition *podъ. *dʰh₁o- represents a root noun of the verb *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”), whence also *děti.

Preposition

*nadъ

  1. (with instrumental) over, above (stationary)
  2. (with accusative) over, above (motion to)

Antonyms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: над (nad)
    • Russian: над (nad)
    • Ukrainian: над (nad)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: надъ (nadŭ)
    • Bulgarian: над (nad)
    • Macedonian: над (nad)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: на̏д
      Latin script: nȁd
    • Slovene: nad (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “над”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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