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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nětu

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

Clipping of *ne (“not”) +‎ *(j)e (“short form of *estь (“is”)”) +‎ *tu (dat. of *tъ (“that”)) (as per Sobolevskij). Some descendants reflect the acc. formation *nětъ (literally: not so).

Adverb

*nětu

  1. not, nohow (literally: it is not/there is not)

Alternative forms
  • *nětъ

Derived terms
  • *nětoli (“neither, in no way”)
  • *ne (“not”)
    • *ne esti/*něsti (“not to be”) (colloquial)
  • *ni (“neither, nor”)
    • *ni to (“neither, nor so”)
  • *niščь (“destitute, negligible”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нѣту (nětu), нѣтъ (nětŭ)
      • Old Belarusian: нет (net), нету (netu)
        • Belarusian: нет (njet) (dialectal)
      • Russian: нет (net); не́ту (nétu) (colloquial); не́тути (nétuti) (dialectal)
      • Old Ukrainian: нѣтъ (nět), нетъ (net), нѣт (nět), нет (net)
        • Rusyn: нїт (njit)
        • Ukrainian: ніт (nit), ніту (nitu)
    • Old Novgorodian: нѣту (nětu), нѣту ть (nětu tĭ), нѣтъ (nětŭ), нѣть (nětĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
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