Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pisьmo

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 *pis- +‎ *-ьmo. Per Vasmer, normally compared with Lithuanian piešìmas (“drawing, daubing”) (< piẽšti +‎ -imas).

Noun

*pisьmo n

letter (written communication)
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Inflection

Declension of *pisьmo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pisьmo	*pisьmě	*pisьma
Accusative	*pisьmo	*pisьmě	*pisьma
Genitive	*pisьma	*pisьmu	*pisьmъ
Locative	*pisьmě	*pisьmu	*pisьměxъ
Dative	*pisьmu	*pisьmoma	*pisьmomъ
Instrumental	pisьmъmь, pisьmomь^*	*pisьmoma	*pisьmy
Vocative	*pisьmo	*pisьmě	*pisьma

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: письмо (pisĭmo)
  - Belarusian: пісьмо́ (pisʹmó)
  - Russian: письмо́ (pisʹmó)
  - Ukrainian: письмо́ (pysʹmó)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: писмо́ (pismó)
- Macedonian: писмо (pismo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пи́смо
- Slovene: písmo
West Slavic:
- Czech: písmo
- Polish: pismo
- Slovak: písmo

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “письмо”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), “письмо”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 939

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