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.

FromProto-Indo-European*h₁én(“in”), though the exact development path is disputed. Either:^[1]

• FromProto-Balto-Slavic*in, from the zero-grade*h₁n̥ ofProto-Indo-European*h₁én(“in”).

  Cognate withLithuanianį,in(Eastern dialects),Old Prussianen.

• FromProto-Balto-Slavic[Term?], from o-grade*h₁ón ofProto-Indo-European*h₁én(“in”).

  Cognate withLatvianiekša (ie-kša),Ancient Greekἐν(en) /ἐνί(ení,“in, within”),Proto-Italic*en(“in”),Proto-Celtic*eni /*en(“in”),Proto-Germanic*in(“in”).

Often assumed to come from the zero-grade. However there are no secure examples of *n̥ > Balto-Slavic *un (other examples like*sъto (often considered to be an Iranian borrowing) are all riddled with difficulties and unreliable), and the o-grade*h₁ón can be posited instead. See also*mъnogъ,*vъnukъ,*vъnъ,*vъtorъ and*kъ(n),*gъnati,*gъrnъ,*gъrdlo,*kъrma,*dǫti/*dъmǫ.

*vъ(n)

1. (+ locative)in,inside,within (stationary)
2. (+ accusative) in,into, inside (motion to)
3. (+ accusative)at (a moment in time)
4. (+ locative) in,during (a period of time)

Because of the law of open syllables, the final-n was normally dropped. But when combined with a stem that (originally?) began with a vowel, it was attached to the following word. (Example: *vъn*jejь >Bulgarianвнея "in her").

• *jьz

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:въ(vŭ),у(u),и(i),в(v)
    • Old Ruthenian:въ(v)
      • Belarusian:у(u),ў(w)
      • Carpathian Rusyn:в(v),у(u)
      • Ukrainian:у(u),в(v)
    • Russian:в(v)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:въ(vŭ)
  • Bulgarian:в(v),във(vǎv)
  • Macedonian:во(vo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script:у

    Latin script:u

    • Chakavian:u,va
    • Kajkavian:v,vu
  • Slovene:v
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech:v
    • Czech:v
  • Old Polish:w,we
    • Polish:w,we
    • Silesian:w,we,wy
  • Old Slovak:v
    • Pannonian Rusyn:в(v)
    • Slovak:v
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian:w,we,wew
    • Slovincian:w,we
  • Polabian:vå
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian:w
    • Lower Sorbian:w

• Anikin, A. E. (2011), “в, во”, inРусский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5(буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak,→ISBN,page304
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “в”, inOleg Trubachyov, transl.,Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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