Appendix:Proto-Slavic/žena

This entry contains Proto-Slavic reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

*žena f

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Declension of *žena (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žena	*ženě	*ženy
Accusative	*ženǫ	*ženě	*ženy
Genitive	*ženy	*ženu	*ženъ
Locative	*ženě	*ženu	*ženaxъ
Dative	*ženě	*ženama	*ženamъ
Instrumental	*ženojǫ	*ženama	*ženami
Vocative	*ženo	*ženě	*ženy

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жонка (žónka) (“wife”), жана (žaná) (“wife, woman”) (dated), жанчына (žančýna) (“woman”)
  • Russian: жена (žená) (“wife; woman (dated)”), женщина (žénščina) (“woman”)
  • Ukrainian: жінка (žínka), жона (žoná) (wife, woman; dated)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: жєна (žena)

    Glagolitic: ⰆⰅⰐⰀ

  • Bulgarian: жена (žená)
  • Macedonian: жена (žéna)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: жѐна

    Latin: žèna

  • Slovene: žena
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: žena
  • Kashubian: żona (rare)
  • Polabian: zenă
  • Polish: żona (“wife; woman (dated)”)
  • Slovak: žena
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: žona
    • Upper Sorbian: žona