Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebo

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 *néba (“cloud; sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Noun

*nebò or *nȅbo n[1][2]

sky
heaven

Declension

Declension of *nebò (s-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nebò	*nebèsi	*nebèsā
genitive	*nebèse	*nebèsu	*nebèsъ
dative	*nebèsi	*nebèsьma	*nebèsьmъ
accusative	*nebò	*nebèsi	*nebèsā
instrumental	*nebèsьmь	*nebèsьma	*nebèsȳ
locative	*nebèse	*nebèsu	*nebèsьxъ
vocative	*nebò	*nebèsi	*nebèsā

Declension of *nȅbo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȅbo	*nȅbesi	*nebesà
genitive	*nȅbese	*nebesù	*nebèsъ
dative	*nȅbesi	*nebesьmà	*nebèsьmъ
accusative	*nȅbo	*nȅbesi	*nebesà
instrumental	*nȅbesьmь	*nebesьmà	*nebesý
locative	*nȅbese	*nebesù	*nebèsьxъ
vocative	*nȅbo	*nȅbesi	*nebesà

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: небо (nebo)
  - Old Ruthenian: небо (nebo)
    - Belarusian: нёба (njóba, “palate”)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: не́бо (nébo, “sky”), нёбо (njobo, “palate”)
    - Ukrainian: не́бо (nébo)
  - Russian: нёбо (njóbo, “palate”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: небо (nebo)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⰱⱁ (nebo)
  - → Belarusian: не́ба (njéba)
  - → Russian: не́бо (nébo)
- Bulgarian: небе́ (nebé), небó (nebó) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: не́бо (nébo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: не̏бо
  
  Latin: nȅbo
  - Slavomolisano: neba
- Slovene: nebọ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nebo
  - Czech: nebe
- Old Polish: niebo
  - Masurian: niebo
  - Polish: niebo
  - Silesian: niebo
- Slovak: nebo
- Polabian: nebü
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: niebò
  - Slovincian: njêbô
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: njebjo
  - Upper Sorbian: njebjo

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȅbo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 347‒348: “n. s (c) ‘sky, heaven’”
Olander, Thomas (2001) “nebo nebesa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (NA 131; PR 138; MP 17; RPT 111)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȅbo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 347‒348: “n. s (c) ‘sky, heaven’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “nebo nebesa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (NA 131; PR 138; MP 17; RPT 111)”