оный
Russian
determiner
Definitions
- (high register) that, that very, the aforementioned
- (obsolete) that other (as opposed to this)
- (obsolete) otherworldly, unearthly
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*onъ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₂eno- Proto-Indo-European
- on Polish
- *onъ Proto-Slavic
- on Czech
- onde Czech
- on Serbo-Croatian
- onaj Serbo-Croatian
- онај Serbo-Croatian
- оној Macedonian
- він Ukrainian
- on Slovak
- ён Belarusian
- on Slovene
- un Slovene
- онъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- они Old East Slavic
- онъ Old East Slavic
- wón Lower Sorbian
- *anas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- wón Upper Sorbian
- òn Kashubian
- uůn Silesian
- він Rusyn