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]

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.

Related terms

nouns

*kъnęgyni f
*kъnęžę m
*kъnęžь m
*kъnęžьna f

verbs

*kъnęžiti impf

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кнѧжичь (knęžičĭ)
  - Russian: кня́жич (knjážič)
  - Ukrainian: кня́жич (knjážyč)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: кнѧжищь (knęžištĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: knéžić
  
  Cyrillic script: кне́жић
- Slovene: knêžič
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kněžic
- Old Polish: księżyc (“son of a prince; month; moon”)
  - Polish: księżyc
  - Silesian: ksiynżyc
- Slovak: kňažič
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: ksãżëc
  - Slovincian: ksãżëc
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: (dated) kněžyc

References

^ 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
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “księżyc”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 269