Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nikъto

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 *ni- +‎ *kъto.

    Pronoun

    *nikъto

    1. nobody

    Declension

    Declension of *nikъto (pronominal, irregular)
    All numbers Masc./Fem. Neuter
    Nominative *nikъto *ničьto
    Accusative *nikъto *ničьto
    Genitive *nikogo *ničeso
    Locative *nikomь *ničemь
    Dative *nikomu *ničemu
    Instrumental *nicěmь *ničimь

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: никъто (nikŭto)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: никъто (nikŭto)
        Glagolitic script:
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ни̏тко (Štokavian, Croatia), ни̏ко (Štokavian, Bosnia, Serbia), никдо (Kajkavian)
        Latin script: nȉtko (Štokavian, Croatia), nȉko (Štokavian, Bosnia, Serbia), nikdo (Kajkavian)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

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