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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ni-
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Negating prefix applied specifically on pronouns, most certainly of the same origin as Proto-Slavic *ni (“neither, not even”).
Prefix
*ni-
- no- (with interrogatory pronouns)
Derived terms
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- *nikъ(jь) (“nobody”), *ničьjь (“nobody's”)
- *nikъto, *ničьto (“nothing”)
- *nikъterъ (“none, nobody”)
- *nikakъ (“in no way”)
- *nikoli (“for nothing”)
- *nikogъda (“never”)
- *nikъde (“nowhere”)
- *nikǫda (“to nowhere”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ні- (ni-)
- Russian: ни- (ni-)
- Ukrainian: ні- (ni-)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ни- (ni-)
- Bulgarian: ни́- (ní-)
- Macedonian: ни- (ni-)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ни̏-
- Latin: nȉ-
- Slovene: ni-
- West Slavic:
- Czech: ni-
- Polish: ni-
- Slovak: ni-
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: ni-
- Upper Sorbian: ni-
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*ničьjь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 111
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*ničьto”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 112
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikako/*nikakъ(jь)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 113
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikogъda”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 115
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikoli”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 116
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikǫda”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 116
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikъde”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikъ(jь)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 119
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nikъterъ(jь)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 119