Old Church Slavonic words from Proto-Slavic
92 Old Church Slavonic words with Proto-Slavic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 2).
онъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ (“he, it, that”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *anas. The same word is Russian он (on), Ukrainian він (vin), Serbo-Croatian ȍn, Slovene òn, Czech on and Polish on…
отъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъ (“from”), found in all the Slavic languages with the meaning "from" in space and time. The same word is Russian от (ot), Ukrainian від (vid), Bulgarian от…
отьць
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь (“father”). The same word is Russian отец (otec), Bulgarian отец (otec), Serbo-Croatian òtac, Czech otec and Polish ojciec. The Proto-Slavic word is a…
оуста
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta (“mouth”), a plural noun. Vasmer explains it as a plural rather than a dual because the two lips make up one whole. The same word is Russian уста (ustá)…
пакꙑ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *pakъ (“again”); ESSJa sets up *pako and *paky beside it. The same word is Bulgarian пак (pak), Macedonian пак (pak), Serbo-Croatian pak, Czech pak, Polish pak…
по
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *po (“after; by; at, on”), a preposition of every Slavic language, which everywhere governs the accusative and the locative, and in several languages the dative…
прити
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *prijьti (“to approach; to arrive, come”), from the prefix *pri- and *jьti (“to go”); in OCS it is при + ити. The same verb is Russian прийти (prijti), Ukrainian…
пѫть
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫtь (“way, road”), a word of all the Slavic languages. The same word is Russian путь (putʹ), Bulgarian път (păt), Serbo-Croatian pȗt, Slovene pǫ́t, Czech pouť and…
рабъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”), which gave forms in ra- in South Slavic and in ro- in East and West Slavic. The same word is Bulgarian раб (rab), Macedonian раб (rab)…
ради
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi (“for the sake of”). The same word is Russian ради (radi), Ukrainian ради (rady), Serbo-Croatian radi and Slovene radi, and prefixed forms are Bulgarian…
рещи
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *reťi (“to say”), in Derksen's spelling *rekti. The same verb is Russian речи (rečí) (dialectal and archaic), Ukrainian ректи (rektý), Bulgarian река (reká)…
рѫка
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫka (“hand, arm”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ. The same word is Russian рука (ruka), Ukrainian рука (ruka), Bulgarian ръка (răka), Serbo-Croatian rúka…
самъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ (“self; same; alone”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. The same word is Russian сам (sam), Ukrainian сам (sam), Bulgarian…
свои
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь (“one's own”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swajas, derived from Proto-Indo-European *swós, from *swé. The same word is Russian свой (svoj), Ukrainian свій…
свѧтъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwentos, a formation from the root *ḱwen- (“holy”). The same word is Russian…
слово
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”), a neuter s-stem. The same word is Russian слово (slovo), Bulgarian слово (slovo), Serbo-Croatian slȍvo, Czech slovo and Polish słowo; in…
слꙑшати
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *slyšati (“to hear”). The same word is Russian слышать (slyšatʹ), Ukrainian слишати (slyšaty), Serbo-Croatian slȉšati, Slovene slíšati, Czech slyšeti and Polish…
съ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) (“with; from”), used both as a preposition and as a verbal prefix. The same word is Russian с (s) or со (so), Ukrainian з (z), Bulgarian с (s)…
сь
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (“this”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śís, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís. The same pronoun survives in Russian сей (sej), Ukrainian сей (sej) and Slovene sej, and…
тако
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako (“thus, so”), formed from *takъ (“such”). The same word is Russian так (tak), Bulgarian тако (tako), Serbo-Croatian та̏ко (tȁko), Slovene tako, Czech tak and…
творити
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *tvoriti (“to make”). The same word is Russian творить (tvorítʹ), Ukrainian творити (tvorýty), Belarusian тварыць (tvarýcʹ), Bulgarian творя (tvorjá)…
тоу
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu (“there, in that place; here”), from an earlier *tau. The same word is Russian тут (tut), Ukrainian тут (tut), Bulgarian тук (tuk), Macedonian тука (tuka)…
тъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ (“this, that”). The same word is Russian тот (tot), Serbo-Croatian tȃj, Slovene tȃ, Czech ten, Slovak ten, Polish ten and Upper Sorbian tón, and in Czech the -n…
тꙑ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty (“you (singular)”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. The same word is Russian ты (ty), Ukrainian ти (ty), Bulgarian ти (ti)…
тьмьница
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьmьnica (“dungeon”), a noun in *-ica made from the adjective *tьmьnъ (“dark”), itself from *tьma (“darkness”): a prison was named as a dark place. Vasmer too…
хотѣти
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *xotěti (“to want, to wish”). Beside it ESJS sets a Proto-Slavic variant *xъtěti with a reduced root, which the OCS variant хътѣти continues; Machek held the…
цѣсарь
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь (“emperor, king”), borrowed from Germanic, which had the word from Latin Caesar, the name of Julius Caesar that became part of the Roman emperor's title…
чловѣкъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human being”), a word of all the Slavic languages. The same word is Russian человек (čelovek), Ukrainian чоловік (čolovik, “man, husband”), Bulgarian…
чьто
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”). The same word is Russian что (čto), Ukrainian що (ščo), Bulgarian що (što), Macedonian што (što) and Serbo-Croatian štȍ. It is Proto-Slavic *čь…
ꙗко
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, as”), from *jakъ. The same word is Russian яко (jako), Ukrainian як (jak), Czech jako, Slovak ako and Polish jako, while Bulgarian ако (ako)…
ѥдинъ
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *edinъ (“one”), a word of all the Slavic languages. The same word is Russian один (odín), Bulgarian един (edín), Macedonian еден (eden), Serbo-Croatian jèdan, Czech…
ѩти
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęti (“to take”). The simple verb lives on in only a few Slavic languages, mostly as an archaic or dialect word: Serbo-Croatian jéti, Slovene ję́ti (“to begin”)…