See also: Księżyc

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnęžiťь. First attested in 1426.

The meaning of “moon” is the result of a great moon cult among the Slavs; compare Polabian ťėnąʒ (king, nobleman; moon), Serbo-Croatian кне̑зknȇz (prince; moon), ца̏рcȁr (tsar; moon), Belarusian малады́ князь (maladý knjazʹ, young prince; moon). Compare also a Ukrainian vocative мі́сяцю кня́зю (mísjacju knjázju) (used, e.g., in a spell against toothache and Ivan Franko's poetry).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kɕæ̃ʒʲɨt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /kɕæ̃ʒʲɨt͡s/

Noun edit

księżyc m ?

  1. (hapax) son of a prince
  2. moon
  3. month

Descendants edit

  • Polish: księżyc

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish księżyc, from earlier *kniężyc (with a typical shift of > ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *kъnęžiťь. Partially displaced Old Polish miesiąc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

księżyc m inan

  1. moon

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjectives
nouns

References edit

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ksiądz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 269

Further reading edit

  • księżyc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • księżyc in Polish dictionaries at PWN