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

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.

Noun

*němьcь m[1]

  1. foreigner, non-Slav
  2. 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.

Derived terms

Antonyms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нѣ́мьць (ně́mĭcĭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: нѣмьць (němĭćĭ), нимьць (nimĭćĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → German: Nimptsch (surname with many variants)
    • → Hungarian: német
    • → Ottoman Turkish: نمچه (nemçe) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Persian: نمسا (namsâ)
    • → Romanian: neamț

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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