вне

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вънѣ (vŭně). Cognate with вон (von), Slovene vənè (“outside”) (tonal orthography), vèn (“out”) (tonal orthography), Czech vně (“outside”), ven (“out”). See вон (von) for further Slavic cognates. According to Vasmer, most likely related to Sanskrit वन (vána, “forest”), dialectal [script needed] (vánē, “in the forest”), although also sometimes compared with Sanskrit [script needed] (vínā, “without, except for”), Old Prussian wins (“air”), winna (“outward”), winnen (“weather”, accusative).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vnʲe]

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Preposition

вне • (vne) (+ genitive case)

1. out of, outside

   Antonym: внутри́ (vnutrí)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вне”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress