Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuznь

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

Alternative forms

• *kuzňa

Etymology

From *ku- (“to forge”) +‎ *-znь.

Noun

*kuznь f

1. forge, smithy

Inflection

Declension of *kuznь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuznь	*kuzni	*kuzni
genitive	*kuzni	*kuznьju, *kuzňu*	*kuznьjь, *kuzni*
dative	*kuzni	*kuznьma	*kuznьmъ
accusative	*kuznь	*kuzni	*kuzni
instrumental	*kuznьjǫ, *kuzňǫ*	*kuznьma	*kuznьmi
locative	*kuzni	*kuznьju, *kuzňu*	*kuznьxъ
vocative	*kuzni	*kuzni	*kuzni

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *kuznica
• *kuznьcь, *kuznikъ

Related terms

• *kъznь, *kyznь
• *kuzlo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кузнꙗ (kuznja), кузнь (kuznĭ)
    • Belarusian: ку́зня (kúznja)
    • Russian: ку́зня (kúznja)
    • Ukrainian: ку́зня (kúznja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: коузнь (kuznĭ)
  • Bulgarian: ку́знꙗ (kúznja)
  • Macedonian: кузња (kuznja)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Кузница
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kuzna, kúzna, kúzňa, kuzeň, kouzně, kouzeň, kuzňa
  • Polish: kuźnia
  • Old Slovak: kuzňa
    • Slovak: kúzeň, kúzňa, kuzňa

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кузница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “кузнец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 450
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuznja/*kuznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “кузнец”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa