ThisProto-Slavic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

Inherited fromProto-Balto-Slavic[Term?], fromProto-Indo-European*ō, ultimately a natural expression.

CompareAncient Greekὦ(ô),Latinō,Old Irisha,Gothic𐍉(ō),Old Armenianով(ov),Albaniano. Although the Proto-Indo-European form is reconstructed, this interjection could arise at any stage.

As Trubachyov, there is no linkage to other Indo-European interjections.

*o^[1][2]

1. Used to express strong emotions;oh!
2. Used before a noun in the vocative;O...

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:о(o)
    • Belarusian:го(ho),о(o)(dialectal)
    • Ukrainian:о(o)
    • Russian:о(o)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script:о(o)

  • Bulgarian:о(o)
  • Macedonian:о(o)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script:o

    Cyrillic script:о

  • Slovene:ō
• West Slavic:
  • Czech:o,ó
  • Old Polish:o
    • Polish:o
  • Slovak:o,ó
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian:o
    • Upper Sorbian:o
  • Pomeranian:
    • Slovincian:o

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

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