Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nitь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *nítis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nh₁itis, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”). Cognate with Latvian nĩts (“(warp) thread”), Lithuanian nýtis (“(warp) thread”).

Noun

nìtь f

thread

Inflection

Declension of *nìtь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nìtь	*nìti	*nìti
Accusative	*nìtь	*nìti	*nìti
Genitive	*nìtī	nìtьju, nìťu^*	nìtьjь, nìtī^*
Locative	*nìtī	nìtьju, nìťu^*	*nìtьxъ
Dative	*nìti	*nìtьma	*nìtьmъ
Instrumental	nìtьjǫ, nìťǭ^*	*nìtьma	*nìtьmī
Vocative	*niti	*nìti	*nìti

^* 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: ніць (nicʹ)
- Russian: нить (nitʹ)
- Ukrainian: нить (nytʹ)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ни̏т
  
  Latin: nȉt
- Slovene: nit
West Slavic:
- Czech: niť
- Polabian: nait
- Polish: nić
- Slovak: niť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: niś
  - Upper Sorbian: nić

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nìtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “нить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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