Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konьcь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konьcь

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 *konъ (“end, edge”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*konьcь m[1][2][3]

1. end

   Synonyms: *krajь, *grotъ

2. thread, string

   Synonyms: *nitь, *niťьka

Inflection

Declension of *konьcь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*konьcь	*konьca	*konьci
Accusative	*konьcь	*konьca	*konьcę̇
Genitive	*konьca	*konьcu	*konьcь
Locative	*konьci	*konьcu	*konьcixъ
Dative	*konьcu	*konьcema	*konьcemъ
Instrumental	*konьcьmь, *konьcemь*	*konьcema	*konьci
Vocative	*konьče	*konьca	*konьci

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

Derived terms

• *konьčina
• *konьčьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: коньць (konĭcĭ)
    • Belarusian: кане́ц (kanjéc)
    • Russian: коне́ц (konéc)
    • Ukrainian: кіне́ць (kinécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: коньць (konĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⱀⱐⱌⱐ (konĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: коне́ц (konéc)
  • Macedonian: ко́нец (kónec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin: kònac

    Cyrillic: ко̀нац

  • Slovene: kónec (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: konec
    • Czech: konec
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): konec
      • Moravian (Mistřice): konec
  • Kashubian: kóńc, kùńc
  • Polabian: ťönăc
  • Polish: koniec
  • Slovak: koniec
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kónc
    • Lower Sorbian: kóńc

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “конец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*konьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 05
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “конец¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 588

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*konь̀cь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “m. jo ‘end’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “konьcь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a[?] (PR 132)”
3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kónec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*konьcь̏”