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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tu

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 earlier *tau.

Adverb

*tu

  1. there, in that place (general)
  2. here

See also

Type*kъto**jьnъ*onъ*ovъ***vьśь
Time*kogъda*jegъda*jьnogъda*onogъda*ovogъda*segъda*togъda*vьśegъda
Place (to)*kǫda*jǫdu*jьnǫdu*onǫda*ovǫda*sǫda*tǫda*vьśǫdu
Place (to/in)*kamo*jamo*jьnamo*onamo*ovamo*sěmo*tamo*vьśamo
Place (in)*kъde*jьde*jьnъde*onъde*ovъde*sьde*tu*vьśьde
Way*kako*jako*jьnako*onako*ovako*sice*tako*vьśako
Amount*koliko*jeliko*jьnoliko*onoliko*ovoliko*seliko*toliko

Descendants

In most descendants, this word has come to mean specifically "here" and contrasts with descendants of *tamo (to that place) for places further away. This development was already present in Old Church Slavonic, so it was probably already taking place within Proto-Slavic.

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: тут (tut)
    • Russian: тут (tut)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ту (tu), туй (tuj)
    • Ukrainian: тут (tut)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: ту (tu)
    • Bulgarian: тук (tuk), тука (tuka)
    • Macedonian: тука (tuka)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ту
      Latin script: tu
    • Slovene: tȗkaj (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: tu
    • Old Polish: tu
      • Masurian: tu
      • Polish: tu
    • Slovak: tu
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: tu
      • Slovincian:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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