Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/němьcь

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

    Two popular etymologies:

    From *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.

    From Germanic tribal name *nemetъ (“Nemet”) with palatalization into *nemьťь > *nemьćь > *nemьcь with folk etymology influence of *němъ (“mute”). For back-formation as *němьskъ (“German”) compare Russian турской (turskoj, “Turkish”) from *туръ (*tur, “Turk, Turkish”) +‎ -окъ (-ok), from Turkish Türk.

    Noun

    *němьcь m[1]

    1. foreigner, non-Slav, specifically, a member of the Germanic peoples

    Declension

    Declension of *němьcь (soft o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    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.

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: нѣ́мьць (ně́mĭcĭ)
      • Old Novgorodian: нѣмьць (němĭcʹĭ), нимьць (nimĭcʹĭ)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
    • Non-Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ 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
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