Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnęžiťь

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 *kъnęgъ (prince, ruler) +‎ *-iťь (patronymic suffix).

    Noun

    *kъnęžiťь m[1][2]

    1. son of a prince

    Declension

    Declension of *kъnęžiťь (soft o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *kъnęžiťь *kъnęžiťa *kъnęžiťi
    genitive *kъnęžiťa *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťь
    dative *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťema *kъnęžiťemъ
    accusative *kъnęžiťь *kъnęžiťa *kъnęžiťę̇
    instrumental *kъnęžiťьmь, *kъnęžiťemь* *kъnęžiťema *kъnęžiťi
    locative *kъnęžiťi *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťixъ
    vocative *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťa *kъnęžiťi

    * -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

    nouns
    • *kъnęgyni f
    • *kъnęžę m
    • *kъnęžь m
    • *kъnęžьna f
    verbs
    • *kъnęžiti impf

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: кнѧжичь (knęžičĭ)
    • South Slavic:
      • Church Slavonic: кнѧжищь (knęžištĭ)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Latin script: knéžić
        Cyrillic script: кне́жић
      • Slovene: knêžič
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “kъnęžitjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 202
    2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “księżyc”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 269

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