ножъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ножь (nožʹ) — archaic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ножь (nožĭ), from Proto-Slavic *nòžь.

Noun

ножъ • (nož) m inan

1. knife

Descendants

• Belarusian: нож (nož)
• Carpathian Rusyn: нуж (nuž)
• Ukrainian: ніж (niž)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “ножъ, ножь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 44