Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nъ

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 *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu; akin to Proto-Slavic *nyně (“now”). Parallel to Proto-Slavic *nu (“well, fine then”).

Probably originally an adverb, reformed into a conjunction similarly to Sanskrit नु (nu, “now then”) (typically meaning now, at once).

Conjunction

*nъ[1][2]

but, however
Synonyms: *a le, *a li (West Slavic, Western South Slavic)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: нъ (nŭ), но (no)
  - Old Ruthenian: но (no)
    - Rusyn: но (no)
    - Ukrainian: но (no)
  - Russian: но (no) (see there for further descendants)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: нъ (nŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱀⱏ (nŭ)
- Bulgarian: нъ (nǎ) (archaic), но (no)
- Macedonian: но (no)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: но
  
  Latin: no

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360: “conj. ‘but’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “nъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “but (PR 146)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360: “conj. ‘but’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “nъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “but (PR 146)”