Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konьnica

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 *konьnъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kònьnica f

cavalry

Declension

Declension of *kònьnica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kònьnica	*kònьnici	*kònьnicę̇
genitive	*kònьnicę̇	*kònьnicu	*kònьnicь
dative	*kònьnicī	*kònьnicama	*kònьnicāmъ
accusative	*kònьnicǫ	*kònьnici	*kònьnicę̇
instrumental	kònьnicējǫ, kònьnicǭ^*	*kònьnicama	*kònьnicāmī
locative	*kònьnicī	*kònьnicu	*kònьnicāsъ
vocative	*kònьnice	*kònьnici	*kònьnicę̇

^* 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: конница (konnica)
  - Belarusian: ко́нница (kónnica)
  - Russian: ко́нница (kónnica)
  - Ukrainian: кінни́ця (kinnýcja)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ко́нница (kónnica)
- Macedonian: коњица (konjica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ко̏њица
  
  Latin script: kȍnjica
- Slovene: konjíca
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: konnicě
- Polabian: ťönnaićă
- Old Polish: konnica
  - Polish: konnica
- Slovak: konnica (archaic)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*konьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 8