< Reconstruction:Old East Slavic

Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/съпаси богъ

This Old East 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.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Compound of съпаси́ (sŭpasí, “save”) +‎ богъ (bogŭ, “god”)[1][2][3][4], equivalent to Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) +‎ *pasti +‎ *bogъ.

Formed in the Christian period among the Eastern Slavs on the territory of Kievan Rus. Also compare the etymological development of English goodbye.

Phrase

*съпаси́ богъ (*sŭpasí bogŭ)

  1. God save (you)

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: *спаси́ богъ
    • Belarusian: спасі́ба (spasíba, “thanks”) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: спаси́біг (spasýbih, “thank God”) (obsolete); спаси́бу (spasýbu, “thanks”) (dialectal)[5]
  • Middle Russian: спаси́ богъ (spasí bog), спаси́бо (spasíbo)

References
  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “спасибі”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 366
  2. Vasmer, Max (1972), “спаси́бо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 3 (Муза – Сят), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress, page 732
  3. Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “спаси́бо”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 363
  4. Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “спаси́бо”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 192
  5. Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “спаси́бі, спаси́біг, спаси́бу”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), volume 2: О – Я, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 683
  6. Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “спаси́бі”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.