Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnęgyni

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 +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*kъnęgyni f

  1. princess

Declension

Declension of *kъnęgyni (ī-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kъnęgyni *kъnęgyňi *kъnęgyňę̇
genitive *kъnęgyňę̇ *kъnęgyňu *kъnęgyňь
dative *kъnęgyňi *kъnęgyňama *kъnęgyňamъ
accusative *kъnęgyňǫ *kъnęgyňi *kъnęgyňę̇
instrumental *kъnęgyňejǫ, *kъnęgyňǫ** *kъnęgyňama *kъnęgyňami
locative *kъnęgyňi *kъnęgyňu *kъnęgyňasъ, *kъnęgyňaxъ*
vocative *kъnęgyňe *kъnęgyňi *kъnęgyňę̇

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кънѧгꙑни (kŭnęgyni), кнѧгинѧ (knęginę)
      • Old Ruthenian: кнѧги́нѧ (knjahínja), кнеги́нѧ (knehínja), кнѧгы́нѧ (knjahýnja), кнѧхи́нѧ (knjaxínja)
        • Belarusian: княгі́ня (knjahínja)
        • Ukrainian: княги́ня (knjahýnja); книни́нє (knynýnje), клеги́ня (klehýnja) (dialectal)
      • Russian: княги́ня (knjagínja); княги́на (knjagína) (dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: кънѧгꙑни (kŭnęgyni)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: knieni
      • Czech: kněhyně, kněně, kníně, kňahně (obsolete)
    • Polabian: t'ėnąd'aińă
    • Old Polish: księgyni
    • Old Slovak: kňahňa
      • Slovak: kňahyňa (obsolete); kňei̯hňa, kňei̯hňe (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      Lower Sorbian: kněni; kńani (obsolete)
      Upper Sorbian: knjeni

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъnęgyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 199
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “княги́ня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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