Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pisьmo

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 *pis- +‎ *-ьmo. Per Vasmer, normally compared with Lithuanian pieši̇̀mas (“drawing, daubing”) (< piẽšti +‎ -imas).[1]

Noun

*pisьmo n

  1. letter (written communication)
  2. script

Inflection

Declension of *pisьmo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pisьmo *pisьmě *pisьma
genitive *pisьma *pisьmu *pisьmъ
dative *pisьmu *pisьmoma *pisьmomъ
accusative *pisьmo *pisьmě *pisьma
instrumental *pisьmъmь, *pisьmomь* *pisьmoma *pisьmy
locative *pisьmě *pisьmu *pisьměxъ
vocative *pisьmo *pisьmě *pisьma

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

References

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

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “письмо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 939
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