Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potomьstvo

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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *po tomь +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*potomьstvo n

1. offspring, descendants

Declension

Declension of *potomьstvo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*potomьstvo	*potomьstvě	*potomьstva
genitive	*potomьstva	*potomьstvu	*potomьstvъ
dative	*potomьstvu	*potomьstvoma	*potomьstvomъ
accusative	*potomьstvo	*potomьstvě	*potomьstva
instrumental	*potomьstvъmь, *potomьstvomь*	*potomьstvoma	*potomьstvy
locative	*potomьstvě	*potomьstvu	*potomьstvěxъ
vocative	*potomьstvo	*potomьstvě	*potomьstva

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пато́мства (patómstva)
  • Russian: пото́мство (potómstvo)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пото́мство (potómstvo)
  • Ukrainian: пото́мство (potómstvo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пото̀мство (potòmstvo)
  • Macedonian: по́томство (pótomstvo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̀то̄мство

    Latin script: pòtōmstvo

  • Slovene: potómstvo (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: potomstvo
  • Polish: potomstwo
  • Slovak: potomstvo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пото́мок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress