Where does “нѣту” come from?

нѣту (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic nětu, from Proto-Slavic e, from Proto-Slavic estь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

нѣту (Old East Slavic): no

Definitions

  1. no

Ancestry of “нѣту”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnětunot, nohow literally: it is not/there is not
2Proto-Slavice—
3Proto-Slavicestьestь; third-person singular present active...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*esti—
5Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti—

Words derived from “нѣту”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti →Every word from Proto-Slavic estь →
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