Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnęžiťь

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *kъnęgъ (“prince, ruler”) +‎ *-iťь (patronymic suffix).

Noun[edit]

*kъnęžiťь m^[1]^[2]

son of a prince

Declension[edit]

Declension of *kъnęžiťь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kъnęžiťь	*kъnęžiťa	*kъnęžiťi
Accusative	*kъnęžiťь	*kъnęžiťa	*kъnęžiťę̇
Genitive	*kъnęžiťa	*kъnęžiťu	*kъnęžiťь
Locative	*kъnęžiťi	*kъnęžiťu	*kъnęžiťixъ
Dative	*kъnęžiťu	*kъnęžiťema	*kъnęžiťemъ
Instrumental	kъnęžiťьmь, kъnęžiťemь^*	*kъnęžiťema	*kъnęžiťi
Vocative	*kъnęžiťu	*kъnęžiťa	*kъnęžiťi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms[edit]

nouns

verbs

*kъnęžiti impf

Descendants[edit]

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кнѧжичъ (knęžičŭ)
  - Russian: кня́жич (knjážič)
  - Ukrainian: кня́жич (knjážyč)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: кнѧжишть (knęžištĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: knéžić
  
  Cyrillic: кне́жић
- Slovene: knêžič
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kněžic
- Old Polish: *kniężyc, księżyc (“son of a prince; month; moon”)
  - Polish: księżyc (“moon”)
- Slovak: kňažič
- Slovincian: ksą̃žĕc
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kněžyc (dated)

References[edit]

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “kъnęžitjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 202
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “księżyc”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, pages 269