Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjanъka

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 *kyjana (wooden hammer) +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*kyjanъka m[1]

  1. wooden hammer
  2. wooden tool

Declension

Declension 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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *кꙑꙗнъка (*kyjanŭka)
      • Old Ruthenian: *кїꙗнка (*kijanka)
        • Belarusian: кія́нка (kijánka) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: кия́нка (kyjánka)
      • Russian: киёнка (kijónka) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Macedonian: кијанка (kijanka) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ 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