Reconstruction:Old Novgorodian/пихьмо

This Old Novgorodian 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.

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Changed by *пихьмо (*pixĭmo) < *письмо (*pisʹĭmo), a variant of typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *письмо (*pisĭmo), inherited from Proto-Slavic *pisьmo.

Reconstructed based on the Pskov dialectal Russian пихьмо́ (pixʹmó, “letter”)[1], originating from Old Pskovian, where one of the dialectal features was s–sh and z–zh merger ‒ “shokanye” («шоканье») or lisping[2], which sometimes led to changes in the soft [sʲ] > [x].[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: *пи‧хь‧мо

Noun

*пихьмо • (*pixĭmo) n

  1. Old Pskovian form of *письмо (*pisĭmo, “letter (written communication)”)

Declension

Declension of *пихьмо (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *пихьмо
*pixĭmo 		*пихьма
*pixĭma 		*пихьма
*pixĭma
genitive *пихьма
*pixĭma 		*пихьмоу
*pixĭmu 		*пихьмъ
*pixĭmŭ
dative *пихьмоу
*pixĭmu 		*пихьмома
*pixĭmoma 		*пихьмомъ
*pixĭmomŭ
accusative *пихьмо
*pixĭmo 		*пихьма
*pixĭma 		*пихьма
*pixĭma
instrumental *пихьмъмь
*pixĭmŭmĭ 		*пихьмома
*pixĭmoma 		*пихьмꙑ
*pixĭmy
locative *пихьмѣ
*pixĭmě 		*пихьмоу
*pixĭmu 		*пихьмѣхъ
*pixĭměxŭ
vocative *пихьмо
*pixĭmo 		*пихьма
*pixĭma 		*пихьма
*pixĭma

Descendants

  • → Russian: пихьмо́ (pixʹmó) (Pskov)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gluskina (1962), page 28
  2. ^ DND2, §2.14 page 52
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