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This Proto-Slavic entry contains 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-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
NounEdit
*ženà f
InflectionEdit
*ženà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ženà | *ženě | *ženỳ |
| Accusative | *ženǫ̀ | *ženě | *ženỳ |
| Genitive | *ženỳ | *ženu | *žẽnъ |
| Locative | *ženě̀ | *ženu | *ženàsъ, *ženàxъ* |
| Dative | *ženě̀ | *ženama | *ženàmъ |
| Instrumental | *ženòjǫ, *žẽnǫ** | *ženama | *ženàmī |
| Vocative | *ženo | *ženě | *ženỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
ReferencesEdit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жена”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žena”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558