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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuznь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *kuzňa
Etymology
From *ku- (“to forge”) + *-znь.
Noun
*kuznь f
- forge, smithy
Inflection
Declension of *kuznь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *kuznь | *kuzni | *kuzni |
Accusative | *kuznь | *kuzni | *kuzni |
Genitive | *kuzni | *kuznьju, *kuzňu* | *kuznьjь, *kuzni* |
Locative | *kuzni | *kuznьju, *kuzňu* | *kuznьxъ |
Dative | *kuzni | *kuznьma | *kuznьmъ |
Instrumental | *kuznьjǫ, *kuzňǫ* | *kuznьma | *kuznьmi |
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)
- Old East Slavic: кузнꙗ (kuznja), кузнь (kuznĭ)
- 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
- Slovincian:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кузница”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “кузнец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 450
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuznja/*kuznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 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