Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/remeslo

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

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Akin to Latvian remesis and Old Lithuanian remẽsas.

Noun

*remeslo n

1. craft (skilled practice)

Inflection

Declension of *remeslo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*remeslo	*remeslě	*remesla
genitive	*remesla	*remeslu	*remeslъ
dative	*remeslu	*remesloma	*remeslomъ
accusative	*remeslo	*remeslě	*remesla
instrumental	*remeslъmь, *remeslomь*	*remesloma	*remesly
locative	*remeslě	*remeslu	*remeslěxъ
vocative	*remeslo	*remeslě	*remesla

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: рамясло́ (ramjasló), рамяство (ramjastvó)
  • Russian: ремесло́ (remesló)
  • Ukrainian: ремесло́ (remesló), ремество́ (remestvó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ремьство (remĭstvo)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: řemeslo
  • Kashubian: rzemiãsło
  • Old Polish: rzemięsło, rzemiesło
    • Polish: rzemiosło
    • Silesian: rzymiosło
  • Slovak: remeslo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rjemjesło
    • Lower Sorbian: ŕeḿesło

Further reading

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