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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/

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 *sen, from Proto-Indo-European *swé; compare Latin . Cognate with Old Prussian sien (oneself).

Pronoun

*sę

  1. oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself (accusative)
  2. ourselves, yourselves, themselves (accusative)
  3. each other (accusative)

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сѧ ()
      • Old Ruthenian: -сѧ (-sja), сѧ (sja)
        • Belarusian: -ся (-sja) (merges with final "-ць" into "-цца")
        • Ukrainian: -ся (-sja) (before consonants) / -сь (-sʹ) (before vowels, unless after most consonants)
      • Russian: -ся (-sja) (after consonants) / -сь (-sʹ) (after vowels)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: сѧ ()
      Glagolitic: ⱄⱔ ()
    • Bulgarian: се (se)
    • Macedonian: се (se)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: се
      Latin: se
    • Slovene: se (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech:
      • Czech: se
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): se
    • Kashubian:
    • Old Polish: się
    • Slovak: sa
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: se
      • Upper Sorbian: so, ?sej

Further reading

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