Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/němьcь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *němъ (“mute”) + *-ьcь. The word therefore meant "someone unable to speak [Slavic]"; however, some hypotheses hold this was an observation on the relative stoic personalities of some Germanic tribesmen.
Noun
edit*němьcь m[1]
Declension
editDeclension of *němьcь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *němьcь | *němьca | *němьci |
genitive | *němьca | *němьcu | *němьcь |
dative | *němьcu | *němьcema | *němьcemъ |
accusative | *němьcь | *němьca | *němьcę̇ |
instrumental | *němьcьmь, *němьcemь* | *němьcema | *němьci |
locative | *němьci | *němьcu | *němьcixъ |
vocative | *němьče | *němьca | *němьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
editAntonyms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*němьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 103