Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/remeslo

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

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Akin to Latvian remesis and Old Lithuanian remẽsas.

Noun

*remeslo n

  1. craft (skilled practice)

Inflection

Declension of *remeslo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *remeslo *remeslě *remesla
genitive *remesla *remeslu *remeslъ
dative *remeslu *remesloma *remeslomъ
accusative *remeslo *remeslě *remesla
instrumental *remeslъmь, *remeslomь* *remesloma *remesly
locative *remeslě *remeslu *remeslěxъ
vocative *remeslo *remeslě *remesla

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: рамясло́ (ramjasló), рамяство (ramjastvó)
    • Russian: ремесло́ (remesló)
    • Ukrainian: ремесло́ (remesló), ремество́ (remestvó)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ремьство (remĭstvo)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: řemeslo
    • Kashubian: rzemiãsło
    • Old Polish: rzemięsło, rzemiesło
    • Slovak: remeslo
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: rjemjesło
      • Lower Sorbian: ŕeḿesło

Further reading

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