wnet

Kashubian

FWOTD – 24 April 2024

Etymology

From Old Czech ihned, inhed, from Proto-Slavic *inъgъdъ. Cognate with Czech hned, Polish wnet, and Silesian chnet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvnɛt/
  • Syllabification: wnet

Adverb

wnet

  1. soon (within a short time)
    • 2014, Pomerania, number 1, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie, page 35:
      Wnet pòkôzałë sã górczi z malownymakamiznama saksońsczi Szwajcarii i òprzepôłnim cuch zatrzimół sã na môłim banowiszczu.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. almost
    • 2014, Pomerania, number 1, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie, page 75:
      Na zdrzadni bëło wnet sto słëchińców z rozmajitëch strzodowiszczów i pòkòleniów.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

  • wnet”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech ihned, inhed,[1] from Proto-Slavic *inъgъdъ. First attested in 1498. Doublet of inedy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vnɛt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /vnɛt/

Adverb

wnet

  1. soon (within a short time)
    • 1858 [1498], Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich, 2 edition, volume VI, page 272:
      Ys on, komv sią gwalth sthal, ma wneth obiawycz y oskarzicz onego gwalthownyka
      [Iż on, komu się gwałt stał, ma wnet objawić i oskarżyć onego gwałtownika]

Descendants

  • Polish: wnet

References

  1. Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wnet”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wnet, from Old Czech ihned, inhed, from Proto-Slavic *inъgъdъ. Doublet of inegdy (elsewhen). Cognate with Czech hned, Kashubian wnet, and Silesian chnet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vnɛt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Syllabification: wnet

Adverb

wnet (not comparable)

  1. (literary) shortly, soon
    Synonyms: niebawem, wkrótce, zaraz

References

    Further reading

    • wnet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • wnet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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