Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ničьto

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- +‎ *čьto.

Pronoun

*ničьto

nothing

Declension

Declension of *ničьto (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

Related terms

*nikъto (“nobody”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Old Ruthenian: ништо (ništo), ничто (ničto)
    - Belarusian: нішто́ (ništó)
    - Ukrainian: ніщо́ (niščó)
  - Russian: ничто́ (ništó); ничё (ničó), ничо́ (ničó) (nonstandard)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Old Cyrillic script: ничьто (ničĭto)
  - Glagolitic script: [Term?]
    - Bulgarian: ни́що (níšto)
    - Macedonian: ништо (ništo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ни̏што, ни̏шта
  
  Latin script: nȉšto, nȉšta
- Slovene: nič
West Slavic:
- Czech: nic
- Kashubian: nic
- Old Polish: nico
  - Polish: nic
    - → Old Ruthenian: ницъ (nic), ниць (nicʹ)
      - Belarusian: ніц (nic) (dialectal)
      - Ukrainian: ніц (nic) (dialectal)
- Polabian: nic
- Slovak: nič
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nic
  - Upper Sorbian: ništo