щенѧ

See also: щеня

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ščenę.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • Hyphenation: ще‧нѧ

Noun

щенѧ (ščenę) n

  1. dog, puppy

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: щенѧ́, сченѧ́, щенє́
    • Belarusian: шчаня́ (ščanjá), шчанё (ščanjó)
    • Rusyn: щеня́ (ščenjá)
      • Pannonian Rusyn: щенє́ (ščenjé)
    • Ukrainian: щеня́ (ščenjá)
  • Middle Russian: щенокъ (ščenok) (c. 1618)

References

Old Ruthenian

щенѧ́та (sense 1)

Alternative forms

  • сченѧ́, щенє́

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę), from Proto-Slavic *ščȅnę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sken-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken-.[1]

Noun

щенѧ́ (transliteration needed) n anim

  1. puppy (young dog)
  2. young animal (feline and canine)
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-‎ (0 c, 1 e)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: шчаня́ (ščanjá), шчанё (ščanjó)
  • Rusyn: щеня́ (ščenjá)
    • Pannonian Rusyn: щенє́ (ščenjé)
  • Ukrainian: щеня́ (ščenjá)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), щеня”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 504

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