Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjanъka
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *kyjana (“wooden hammer”) + *-ъka.
Noun
edit*kyjanъka m[1]
Declension
editDeclension of *kyjanъka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kyjanъka | *kyjanъcě | *kyjanъky |
genitive | *kyjanъky | *kyjanъku | *kyjanъkъ |
dative | *kyjanъcě | *kyjanъkama | *kyjanъkamъ |
accusative | *kyjanъkǫ | *kyjanъcě | *kyjanъky |
instrumental | *kyjanъkojǫ, *kyjanъkǫ** | *kyjanъkama | *kyjanъkami |
locative | *kyjanъcě | *kyjanъku | *kyjanъkasъ, *kyjanъkaxъ* |
vocative | *kyjanъko | *kyjanъcě | *kyjanъky |
* -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).
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Macedonian: кијанка (kijanka) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kyjanъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 256