Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščenę

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

Derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sken-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken-, with the suffix *-ę for forming names of young animals.

Noun

*ščȅnę n

  1. young animal

Declension

Declension of *ščȅnę (nt-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *ščȅnę *ščȅnęti *ščenętà
genitive *ščȅnęte *ščenętù *ščenę̃tъ
dative *ščȅnęti *ščenętьmà *ščenę̃tьmъ
accusative *ščȅnę *ščȅnęti *ščenętà
instrumental *ščȅnętьmь *ščenętьmà *ščenętý
locative *ščȅnęte *ščenętù *ščenę̃tьxъ
vocative *ščȅnę *ščȅnęti *ščenętà

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: щенѧ (ščenę)
      • Old Ruthenian: щенѧ́ (ščenjá), сченѧ́ (sčenjá), щенє́ (ščenjé)
        • Belarusian: шчаня́ (ščanjá), шчанё (ščanjó)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: щеня́ (ščenjá)
        • Ukrainian: щеня́ (ščenjá)
      • Middle Russian: щенокъ (ščenok) (c. 1618)
    • Old Novgorodian: щенѧ (śćenę)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щено́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • 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