Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ničьto

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 (pronomial, irregular)

All numbers	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	*nikъto	*ničьto
Accusative	*nikъto	*ničьto
Genitive	*nikogo	*ničeso
Locative	*nikomь	*ničemь
Dative	*nikomu	*ničesomu
Instrumental	*nicěmь	*ničimь

Related terms

*nikъto (“nobody”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: нішто́ (ništó)
- Russian: ничто́ (ništó), ничё (ničó) (nonstandard), ничо́ (ničó) (nonstandard)
- Ukrainian: ніщо (niščó)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: нищо (níšto)
- Old Church Slavonic: ничьто (ničĭto)
- Macedonian: ништо (níšto)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ни̏шта
  
  Latin: nȉšta
West Slavic:
- Czech: nic
- Kashubian: nic
- Polish: nic
- Slovak: nič
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nic
  - Upper Sorbian: ništo

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