Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/němьčьskъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *němьcь (foreigner, non-Slav; German) +‎ *-ьskъ.

Adjective[edit]

*němьčьskъ[1]

  1. German

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Only the definite form of the adjective survives in most languages. However, the indefinite form was still present in Old Church Slavonic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*němьčьskъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104