Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/činъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-no-, from *kʷey-.

    Noun

    *čȋnъ m[1][2]

    1. dignity

    Inflection

    Declension of *čȋnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *čȋnъ *čȋna *čȋni
    genitive *čȋna *činù *čĩnъ
    dative *čȋnu *činomà *činòmъ
    accusative *čȋnъ *čȋna *čȋny
    instrumental *čȋnъmь, *čȋnomь* *činomà *činý
    locative *čȋně *činù *čině̃xъ
    vocative *čine *čȋna *čȋni

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

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: чинъ (činŭ)
      • Belarusian: чын (čyn)
      • Russian: чин (čin)
      • Ukrainian: чин (čyn)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: чинъ (činŭ)
        Glagolitic script: ⱍⰻⱀⱏ (činŭ)
      • Bulgarian: чин (čin)
      • Macedonian: чин (čin)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: чи̑н
        Latin script: čȋn
    • West Slavic:
    • Non-Slavic:

    Further reading

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

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čȋnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89:m. o (c)
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “činъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c rang, værdighed (PR 137)