Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/němьčьskъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From *němьcь (“foreigner, non-Slav; German”) +‎ *-ьskъ.

*němьčьskъ^[1]

1. German

Only the definite form of the adjective survives in most languages. However, the indefinite form was still present in Old Church Slavonic.

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: нѣмь́чьскъ (němĭ́čĭskŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: нѣме́цкїй (něméckij), нѣме́цскїй (němécskij)
      • Belarusian: няме́цкі (njamjécki)
      • Ukrainian: німе́цький (nimécʹkyj)
    • Russian: неме́цкий (neméckij); не́мский (némskij) (dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: нимьчьске (nimĭćĭske)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: нѣмьчьскъ (němĭčĭskŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⱑⰿⱐⱍⱐⱄⰽⱏ (němĭčĭskŭ)

  • Bulgarian: не́мски (némski)
  • Macedonian: немечки (nemečki)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: нѐмачкӣ, њѐмачкӣ

    Latin script: nèmačkī, njèmačkī

  • Slovene: nẹ́mški (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: niemiecczi
  • Old Czech: němečský
    • Czech: německý
  • Old Polish: niemiecki, niemiecski
    • Polish: niemiecki
    • Silesian: niymiecki
  • Old Slovak: nemecký
    • Pannonian Rusyn: нємецки (njemecki)
    • Slovak: nemecký