Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjanъka
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *kyjana (“wooden hammer”) + *-ъka.
Noun
*kyjanъka m[1]
Declension
| 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)
- Old Ruthenian: *кїꙗнка (*kijanka)
- Old East Slavic: *кꙑꙗнъка (*kyjanŭka)
- South Slavic:
- Macedonian: кијанка (kijanka) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ 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