Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjь

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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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kū́ˀjas, from Proto-Indo-European *kuh₂yos, from the root *kewh₂-.

Cognate with Lithuanian kūjis (hammer) and Old Prussian cugis (hammer).

Noun edit

*kỳjь or *ky̑jь m[1][2][3]

  1. stick, club
  2. hammer

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙑи (kyi), кии (kii)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kyj
    • Kashubian: czij
    • Polish: kij
    • Slovak: kyj
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: kij
      • Lower Sorbian: kij

Further reading edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kyjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 257

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kyjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 265: “m. jo ‘stick, club’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “kyjь kyju/kyja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “?c (NA 138); d (OSA 142) hammer”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “kȋj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*ky̋jь (ali *ky̑jь)”