Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ženъka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛnʊkɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛnʊka/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛːnka/
  • Hyphenation: же‧нъ‧ка

Noun edit

женъка (ženŭkaf

  1. Diminutive of жена (žena)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian:
  • Russian: жёнка (žónka)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “женъка”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 859