Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuznьcь

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 *kuznь (“forge, smithy”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*kuznь̀cь m

blacksmith

Declension

Declension of *kuznь̀cь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kuznь̀cь	*kuznьca	*kuznьci
Accusative	*kuznь̀cь	*kuznьca	*kuznьcę̇
Genitive	*kuznьca	*kuznьcu	*kuznьcь
Locative	*kuznьci	*kuznьcu	*kuznьcixъ
Dative	*kuznьcu	*kuznьcema	*kuznьcemъ
Instrumental	kuznьcьmь, kuznьcemь^*	*kuznьcema	*kuznьci
Vocative	*kuznьče	*kuznьca	*kuznьci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: коузнь́ць (kuznĭ́cĭ), коузне́ць (kuznécĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: кузне́ць (kuznécʹ), кюзне́ць (kjuznécʹ), кузне́цъ (kuznéc)[1][2]
    - Ukrainian: кузне́ць (kuznécʹ) (dialectal)[3]
  - Russian: кузне́ц (kuznéc)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: коузньць (kuznĭcĭ)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: кꙋзнь́ць (kuznĭ́cĭ)
- Bulgarian: кузне́ц (kuznéc)
- Old Serbo-Croatian: kuznac, kuznec
West Slavic:
- Czech: kuzněc (dialectal)

References

Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “кузнецъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 527
Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кузнецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 212
Zhelekhivskyy, E. I., editor (1886), “кузне́ць”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар [Ukrainian-German Dictionary] (in German), volume 1: А – О, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 387

[1] Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “кузнецъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 527

[2] Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кузнецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 212

[3] Zhelekhivskyy, E. I., editor (1886), “кузне́ць”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар [Ukrainian-German Dictionary] (in German), volume 1: А – О, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 387