Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ničьto

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *ni- +‎ *čьto.

Pronoun

*ničьto

1. nothing

Declension

Declension of *ničьto (pronominal, irregular)

All numbers	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	*nikъto	*ničьto
Accusative	*nikъto	*ničьto
Genitive	*nikogo	*ničeso
Locative	*nikomь	*ničemь
Dative	*nikomu	*ničemu
Instrumental	*nicěmь	*ničimь

Related terms

• *nikъto (“nobody”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ништо (ništo), ничто (ničto)
      • Belarusian: нішто́ (ništó)
      • Ukrainian: ніщо́ (niščó)
    • Russian: ничто́ (ništó); ничё (ničó), ничо́ (ničó) (nonstandard)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Old Cyrillic script: ничьто (ničĭto)
    • Glagolitic script: [Term?]
      • Bulgarian: ни́що (níšto)
      • Macedonian: ништо (ništo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ни̏што, ни̏шта

    Latin script: nȉšto, nȉšta

  • Slovene: nič
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: nic
  • Old Czech: ničs, ničso, ničse, nic
    • Czech: nic
  • Old Polish: nic, nics, niczs, nicso, niczso
    • Masurian: nic
    • Polish: nic
    • Silesian: nic
  • Polabian: nic
  • Slovak: nič
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: nic
    • Upper Sorbian: ništo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ничто́”, in , Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress