оно

From Proto-Slavic *ono.

оно • (ono)

1. it
2. nominative/accusative singular neuter of онъ (onŭ)

• ѥ (je)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ono.

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈno]

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оно́ • (onó) (masculine counterpart он, feminine counterpart она́)

1. it (third-person neuter singular pronoun)

• Whenever a preposition stands immediately before any of the oblique cases of the third-person pronoun (singular or plural) and directly governs it, then an н- (n-) must be prefixed to the pronoun: от него́ (ot nevó, “from it”); на нём (na njom, “on it”); у него́ (u nevó, “it has”); к нему́ (k nemú, “to it”); с ним (s nim, “with it”).
• This comes from Proto-Slavic prepositions such as *sъ(n) (“with”) (compare Ancient Greek σύν (sún) and Latin cum), that originally ended in -n and governed oblique cases. Since the prepositions and the pronouns occurred together so often, it was easy to lose track of which word the final -n belonged to, and so it was reinterpreted as part of the pronouns; compare Old English an, which was reinterpreted in the same way. Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) *jьmi became modern Russian с ни́ми (s ními), and this rule was extended to all prepositions governing any third-person pronoun.
• Note that if the preposition does not directly govern его́ (jevó) (i.e. when его́ (jevó) is a possessive pronoun), then н- (n-) is not added: в его́ положе́нии (v jevó položénii, “in its position”); о его́ тка́ни (o jevó tkáni, “about its fabric”); с его́ ве́сом (s jevó vésom, “with its weight”).
• When there is another word separating a preposition and any oblique case of оно́ (onó), then н- (n-) is not added: у самого́ его́ (u samovó jevó, “with it itself”).

• его́ (jevó)
• свой (svoj)

• IPA^(key): [ˈonə]

о́но • (óno)

1. short neuter singular of о́ный (ónyj)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ono, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

• IPA^(key): /ǒno/
• Hyphenation: о‧но

о̀но (Latin spelling òno)

1. it