Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pomoťь

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 *po- +‎ *moťь (“might, capability”).

Noun

*pomoťь f

1. help

Declension

Declension of *pomoťь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pomoťь	*pomoťi	*pomoťi
genitive	*pomoťi	*pomoťьju, *pomoťu*	*pomoťьjь, *pomoťi*
dative	*pomoťi	*pomoťьma	*pomoťьmъ
accusative	*pomoťь	*pomoťi	*pomoťi
instrumental	*pomoťьjǫ, *pomoťǫ*	*pomoťьma	*pomoťьmi
locative	*pomoťi	*pomoťьju, *pomoťu*	*pomoťьxъ
vocative	*pomoťi	*pomoťi	*pomoťi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: по́мач (pómač)
  • Russian: по́мочь (pómočʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: по́моч (pómoč), по́міч (pómič), помӱч (pomüč)
  • Ukrainian: по́міч (pómič)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: помощь (pomoštĭ)
    • → Russian: по́мощь (pómoščʹ)
  • Bulgarian: по́мощ (pómošt)
  • Macedonian: помош (pomoš)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̏мо̄ћ

    Latin script: pȍmōć

  • Slovene: pomóč
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pomoc
    • Czech: pomoc
  • Old Polish: pomoc
    • Masurian: pomoc
    • Polish: pomoc
    • Silesian: pōmoc
  • Slovak: pomoc
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pòmòc
    • Slovincian: pômôc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pomoc
    • Lower Sorbian: pomoc

References

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