Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poňeže

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

Univerbation of *poňe +‎ *že.

Conjunction

*poňeže

1. because, since

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: понеже (poneže)
    • Old Ruthenian: поне́же (ponéže)
      • Belarusian: поне́же (ponjéžje)
      • Ukrainian: поне́же (ponéže)
    • Russian: поне́же (ponéže)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱁⱀⰵⰶⰵ (poneže)

    Old Cyrillic script: пон҄еже (ponʹeže), понѥже (ponježe); ⱂⱁⱀⰵⰶⰵ (poneže)

    • Bulgarian: поне́же (ponéže)
    • → Russian: поне́же (ponéže)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: (archaic) поњеже

    Latin script: (archaic) ponježe

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: (Croatian, dialectal) по̏њер, (archaic) поњеваре

    ⇒ Latin script: (Croatian, dialectal) pȍnjer, (archaic) ponjevare

  • Slovene: (dialectal) pónjer
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: poněž

Further reading

• Erhart, Adolf, editor (2002), “ponje”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 11 (patrachъ – -pǫditi), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 682
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ponieważ”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 462
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “poněvadž”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 487
• Machek, Václav (1968) “poněvadž”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 471
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “понеже”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress