Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъduňa

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 Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Noun

*kъduňa f

quince (tree and fruit)

Declension

Declension of *kъduňa (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kъduňa	*kъduňi	*kъduňę̇
Accusative	*kъduňǫ	*kъduňi	*kъduňę̇
Genitive	*kъduňę̇	*kъduňu	*kъduňь
Locative	*kъduňi	*kъduňu	kъduňasъ, kъduňaxъ^*
Dative	*kъduňi	*kъduňama	*kъduňamъ
Instrumental	kъduňejǫ, kъduňǫ^**	*kъduňama	*kъduňami
Vocative	*kъduňe	*kъduňi	*kъduňę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*dyňa (“melon”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ду́ля (dúlja)
- Ukrainian: гду́ля (hdúlja), ду́ля (dúlja)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дю́ля (djúlja)
- Macedonian: дуња (dunja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: гду̏ња, ду̏ња
  
  Latin: gdȕnja, dȕnja
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kdúle, gdúle
  - Czech: kdoule, gdoule
- Old Polish: gdula, dula

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъdunja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 174
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дуля”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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