Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pomoťь

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 *po- +‎ *moťь (“might, capability”).

Noun

*pomoťь f

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Declension

Declension of *pomoťь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pomoťь	*pomoťi	*pomoťi
genitive	*pomoťi	pomoťьju, pomoťu^*	pomoťьjь, pomoťi^*
dative	*pomoťi	*pomoťьma	*pomoťьmъ
accusative	*pomoťь	*pomoťi	*pomoťi
instrumental	pomoťьjǫ, pomoťǫ^*	*pomoťьma	*pomoťьmi
locative	*pomoťi	pomoťьju, pomoťu^*	*pomoťьxъ
vocative	*pomoťi	*pomoťi	*pomoťi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: по́мач (pómač)
- Russian: по́мочь (pómočʹ)
- Carpathian Rusyn: по́моч (pómoč), по́міч (pómič), помӱч (pomüč)
- Ukrainian: по́міч (pómič)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: помощь (pomoštĭ)
  - → Russian: по́мощь (pómoščʹ)
- Bulgarian: по́мощ (pómošt)
- Macedonian: помош (pomoš)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̏мо̄ћ
  
  Latin script: pȍmōć
- Slovene: pomóč
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pomoc
  - Czech: pomoc
- Old Polish: pomoc
  - Polish: pomoc
  - Silesian: pōmoc
- Old Slovak: pomoc
  - Pannonian Rusyn: помоц (pomoc)
  - Slovak: pomoc
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: pòmòc
  - Slovincian: pômôc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: pomoc
  - Lower Sorbian: pomoc

References

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