FromProto-Indo-European*h₁ey, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root*h₁é-,*h₁o-. CompareAncient Greekεἰ(ei,“if”),Gothic𐌴𐌹(ei,“and, so that, be it”).
*i[1][2]
- and
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:и(i)
- Old Ruthenian:и(i)
- Belarusian:і(i),й(j)
- Carpathian Rusyn:й(j)
- Ukrainian:і(i),й(j)
- Russian:и(i) (see there for further descendants)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic:и(i)
- Glagolitic:ⰹ(i)
- Bulgarian:и(i)
- Macedonian:и(i)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script:и
- Latin script:i
- Slovene:in,i
- West Slavic:
- Czech:i
- Old Polish:i,hi
- Old Slovak:i
- Pannonian Rusyn:и(i)
- Slovak:i
- Pomeranian:
- Kashubian:i,ë
- Slovincian:ë
- ^Derksen, Rick (2008), “*i”, inEtymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page207: “conj. ‘and’”
- ^Olander, Thomas (2001), “i”, inCommon Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “and (PR 146)”
