Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pisьmo
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *pis- + *-ьmo. Per Vasmer, normally compared with Lithuanian piešìmas (“drawing, daubing”) (< piẽšti + -imas).
Noun
edit*pisьmo n
Inflection
editDeclension of *pisьmo (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *pisьmo | *pisьmě | *pisьma |
genitive | *pisьma | *pisьmu | *pisьmъ |
dative | *pisьmu | *pisьmoma | *pisьmomъ |
accusative | *pisьmo | *pisьmě | *pisьma |
instrumental | *pisьmъmь, *pisьmomь* | *pisьmoma | *pisьmy |
locative | *pisьmě | *pisьmu | *pisьměxъ |
vocative | *pisьmo | *pisьmě | *pisьma |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “письмо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “письмо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 939