Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnęgyni

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

From *kъnęgъ +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*kъnęgyni f

princess

Declension

Declension of *kъnęgyni (ī-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъnęgyni	*kъnęgyňi	*kъnęgyňę̇
genitive	*kъnęgyňę̇	*kъnęgyňu	*kъnęgyňь
dative	*kъnęgyňi	*kъnęgyňama	*kъnęgyňamъ
accusative	*kъnęgyňǫ	*kъnęgyňi	*kъnęgyňę̇
instrumental	kъnęgyňejǫ, kъnęgyňǫ^**	*kъnęgyňama	*kъnęgyňami
locative	*kъnęgyňi	*kъnęgyňu	kъnęgyňasъ, kъnęgyňaxъ^*
vocative	*kъnęgyňe	*kъnęgyňi	*kъnęgyňę̇

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кънѧгꙑни (kŭnęgyni), кнѧгинѧ (knęginę)
  - Old Ruthenian: кнѧги́нѧ (knjahínja), кнеги́нѧ (knehínja), кнѧгы́нѧ (knjahýnja), кнѧхи́нѧ (knjaxínja)
    - Belarusian: княгі́ня (knjahínja)
    - Ukrainian: княги́ня (knjahýnja); книни́нє (knynýnje), клеги́ня (klehýnja) (dialectal)
  - Russian: княги́ня (knjagínja); княги́на (knjagína) (dialectal)
    - → Bulgarian: княги́ня (knjagínja)
    - → Polish: kniahini
- Old Novgorodian: кънѧгꙑни (kŭnęgyni)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: кнѧгꙑни (knęgyni)
- Bulgarian: княги́ня (knjagínja)
- Macedonian: кнегиња (kneginja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кнѐгиња
  
  Latin script: knèginja
- Slovene: knẹ̑ginja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: knieni
  - Czech: kněhyně, kněně, kníně, kňahně (obsolete)
- Polabian: t'ėnąd'aińă
- Old Polish: księgyni
  - ⇒ Old Polish: ksieni
    - Polish: ksieni (partially, obsolete)
- Old Slovak: kňahňa
  - Slovak: kňahyňa (obsolete); kňei̯hňa, kňei̯hňe (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: kněni; kńani (obsolete)
  
  Upper Sorbian: knjeni