TY - JOUR
TI - IE *-kʷe ‘and; if’ in Slavic languages
AU - Ostrowski, Norbert
TI - IE *-kʷe ‘and; if’ in Slavic languages
AB - 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’.
VL - 2024
IS - Volume 141, Issue 2
PY - 2024
SN - 1897-1059
C1 - 2083-4624
SP - 103
EP - 115
DO - 10.4467/20834624SL.24.007.19669
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/ie-kwe-and-if-in-slavic-languages
KW - Slavic languages
KW - historical syntax
KW - etymology
KW - palatalizations