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Russian words first recorded in the 13th century

3 Russian words whose earliest known written record dates from the 13th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. ять

    1229

    1. The letter yat is ⟨ѣ⟩, which in Russian corresponded to a vowel /eː/. Vasmer traces the sign to Old Church Slavonic script, where it expressed /ä/, continuing Proto-Slavic /ě/; he gives no…

  2. болого

    1280

    It is inherited from Old East Slavic болого (bologo), from Proto-Slavic *bolgo (“well, good”). The Proto-Slavic adverb was the neuter nominative-accusative of the adjective *bolgъ (“good, kind”)…

  3. тут

    1297–1300

    It is inherited from Old East Slavic тутъ (tutŭ) beside туто (tuto) “here”, from Proto-Slavic *tuto beside *tu. Old Russian also had the plain ту (tu) “there, thither, here”. The Slavic languages…

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