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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicь

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-Indo-European *ni-h₃kʷo-, from *(h₁)ni- (down), from *h₁én. Cognate with Sanskrit नीच (nīcá).

Adjective

*nicь

  1. lying face downwards

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: ниць (nicĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱀⰻⱌⱐ (nicĭ)
    • Bulgarian: ни́цом (nícom) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: vnic
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: nicí
      • Czech: nicí (obsolete)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nicь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), ниц”, 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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