Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nikъto

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- +‎ *kъto.

Pronoun

*nikъto

nobody

Declension

Declension of *nikъto (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

*ničьto (“nothing”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ніхто́ (nixtó)
- Russian: никто́ (niktó)
- Ukrainian: ніхто́ (nixtó)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: никъто (nikŭto)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ни̏тко, ни̏ко
  
  Latin: nȉtko, nȉko
West Slavic:
- Czech: nikdo
- Kashubian: nicht
- Polish: nikt
- Slovak: nikto
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nicht
  - Upper Sorbian: ništó

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