Russian words from Old East Slavic
11 Russian words with Old East Slavic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
быть
It is inherited from Old East Slavic бꙑти (byti), from Proto-Slavic *byti. Anikin explains the Proto-Slavic infinitive as at first the dative singular of an Indo-European noun ⟨*bhū-ti-⟩ formed from…
в
It is inherited from Old East Slavic въ (vŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ (“in, into, to”), with a fuller form ⟨*vъn⟩ and the prefix ⟨*vъ(n)-⟩. The Slavic forms are Old Church Slavonic въ (vŭ), Ukrainian…
вода
It is inherited from Old East Slavic вода (voda), from Proto-Slavic *voda (“water”). The word is shared by all the Slavic languages: Old Church Slavonic вода (voda), Ukrainian вода (voda)…
и
It is inherited from Old East Slavic и (i, “and, also, even”), from Proto-Slavic *i. The other Slavic languages have the same word: Old Church Slavonic и (i), Ukrainian і (i), Bulgarian и (i)…
на
1. The preposition is inherited from Old East Slavic на (na), from Proto-Slavic *na. All the Slavic languages have it, as Old Church Slavonic на (na), Ukrainian на (na), Bulgarian на (na), Polish na…
не
It is inherited from Old East Slavic не (ne), from Proto-Slavic *ne. All the Slavic languages have it, now and in the past: Old Church Slavonic не (ne), Ukrainian не (ne), Bulgarian не (ne), Polish…
он
It is inherited from Old East Slavic онъ (onŭ), from Proto-Slavic *onъ. In early Proto-Slavic ⟨*onъ, *ona, *ono⟩ was a demonstrative meaning roughly “that”. The Slavic languages have Old Church…
с
It is inherited from Old East Slavic съ (sŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъ, with ⟨*sъn-⟩ as a verbal prefix; Old Russian also had съсъ (sŭsŭ). The Slavic forms are Old Church Slavonic съ (sŭ), Ukrainian з…
ты
It is inherited from Old East Slavic тꙑ (ty), from Proto-Slavic *ty (“you (singular)”). Every Slavic language has it: Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Ukrainian ти (ty), Belarusian ты (ty), Bulgarian ти…
что
It is inherited from Old East Slavic чьто (čĭto), from Proto-Slavic *čьto. Proto-Slavic joined the interrogative *čь (“what”) to *to, the neuter of *tъ (“that”) (see тот); the pronoun proper is…
я
It is inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗзъ (jazŭ), from Proto-Slavic *azъ (“I”). Old Russian had both the long язъ (jazŭ) and the short я (ja), and Mstislav's charter of 1130 uses the two side by…