Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žena

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

žena̍ f

1. woman
2. wife

InflectionEdit

Accent paradigm b.

Declension of *žena (hard a-stem)

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

See alsoEdit

• *sěmьja: *mǫžь + *žena

— *strъjь, *teta; *ujь *bratrъ, *sestra *netьjь, *nestera or *neti —

*dědъ, ? *otъ or *otьcь + *mati You *synъ, *dъťi *vъnukъ, ?

— *tьstь / *svekrъ + *tьšča / *svekry *šurь / (*děverь + *ętry), *svьstь or *svěstь / *zъly *snъxa, *zętь —

• Reduplications: *tata, *mama, *dada, *teta, *nana, *nena, *dědъ, *baba
• Unsorted: *ova

DescendantsEdit

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жо́нка ‎(žónka), жана́ ‎(žaná) (dated)
  • Russian: жена́ ‎(žená)
  • Rusyn: жона́ ‎(žoná)
  • Ukrainian: жі́нка ‎(žínka), жона́ ‎(žoná) (dated)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: жєна ‎(žena)

    Glagolitic: ⰶⰵⱀⰰ ‎(žena)

  • Bulgarian: жена́ ‎(žená)
  • Macedonian: жена ‎(žena)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: жѐна

    Latin: žèna

  • Slovene: žena
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: žena
  • Kashubian: żona (rare)
  • Polabian: zenă
  • Polish: żona
  • Slovak: žena
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: žona
    • Upper Sorbian: žona