%0 Journal Article
%T IE *-kʷe ‘and; if’ in Slavic languages
%A Ostrowski, Norbert
%J Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
%V 2024
%R 10.4467/20834624SL.24.007.19669
%N Volume 141, Issue 2
%P 103-115
%K Slavic languages, historical syntax, etymology, palatalizations
%@ 1897-1059
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/ie-kwe-and-if-in-slavic-languages
%X The article examines the origin and functional development of the Slavic conjunction ače ‘if; although’ (OPol. acz). The marker of the protasis in conditional clauses was the enclitic *-če, which continues the function of IE *-kʷe ‘and; if’. Thus, Sl. *-če ‘if’ is an archaism and may be compared with corresponding forms in Indo- ranian, Hittite, and Latin. The concessive ače ‘although’ evolved from conditional concessive clauses. The proposed interpretation also sheds light on the genesis of OCz. leč ‘if only’.