Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nikъde

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- +‎ *kъde.

Adverb

*nikъde

1. nowhere, in no place

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: нигде́ (nihdé), никгде́ (nigdé)
    • Belarusian: нідзе́ (nidzjé)
    • Ukrainian: ніде́ (nidé)
  • Russian: нигде́ (nigdé)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: никъдє (nikŭde)
  • Bulgarian: ни́къде (níkǎde)
  • Macedonian: никаде (nikade)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ни̏где, ни̏гдје

    Latin: nȉgde, nȉgdje

  • Slovene: nikjer
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: nikde
  • Polish: nigdzie
  • Slovak: nikde

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikъde”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 118