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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:
    • Belarusian: ніхто́ (nixtó)
    • Russian: никто́ (niktó), нихто́ (nixtó) (regional)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: нихто (nyxto), нико (nyko)
    • Ukrainian: ніхто́ (nixtó)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: никъто (nikŭto)
      Glagolitic script: [Term?]
    • 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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