кънѧꙁь

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

  • кънѧжь (kŭnęźĭ)Old Pskovian
  • кнѧꙁь (knęzĭ)late form

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь < *kъnęgъ, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

кънѧꙁь • (kŭnęzĭm[1]

  1. prince
  2. ruler
adjectives
  • кънѧгꙑнине (kŭnęgynine)
  • кънѧжь (kŭnęžĭ)
nouns
  • кънѧгꙑни f (kŭnęgyni, princess)
proper nouns
  • Кънѧжеострове m (Kŭnęžeostrove) (toponym)
  • Кънѧꙁь m (Kŭnęzĭ) (first name)

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 747

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