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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
Accusative *kъnęžiťь *kъnęžiťa *kъnęžiťę̇
Genitive *kъnęžiťa *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťь
Locative *kъnęžiťi *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťixъ
Dative *kъnęžiťu *kъnęžiťema *kъnęžiťemъ
Instrumental *kъnęžiťьmь, *kъnęžiťemь* *kъnęžiťema *kъnęžiťi
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: кнѧжичъ (knęžičŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: кнѧжишть (knęžištĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin: knéžić
      Cyrillic: кне́жић
    • Slovene: knêžič
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kněžic
    • Old Polish: *kniężyc, księżyc (“son of a prince; month; moon”)
    • Slovak: kňažič
    • Slovincian: ksą̃žĕc
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kněžyc (dated)

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

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