Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znamenьje

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 *znamę.

Noun

*znamenьje n^[1]

sign

Declension

Declension of *znamenьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*znamenьje	*znamenьji	*znamenьja
genitive	*znamenьja	*znamenьju	*znamenьjь
dative	*znamenьju	*znamenьjema	*znamenьjemъ
accusative	*znamenьje	*znamenьji	*znamenьja
instrumental	znamenьjьmь, znamenьjemь^*	*znamenьjema	*znamenьji
locative	*znamenьji	*znamenьju	*znamenьjixъ
vocative	*znamenьje	*znamenьji	*znamenьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: знаменье (znamenʹje), знаменїе (znamenje)
  - Ukrainian: знаме́ння (znaménnja)
- Russian: зна́мение (známenije)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: знаменьѥ (znamenĭje)
- Bulgarian: знамѐние (znamènie)
- Macedonian: знамение (znamenie) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зна̀ме̄ње
  
  Latin script: znàmēnje
- Slovene: známenje (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: znamenie
  - Czech: znamení
- Slovak: znamenie

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*znamenьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*znamenьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545

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