Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ženьščina
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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 *žènьskъ + *-ina, from *ženà.
Noun
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: żeńczyzna, żeniczyzna, żeńszczyzna (15ᵗʰ c.)
- Middle Polish: żeńszczyzna (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
- → Old Ruthenian: женщы́зна (ženščýzna), женщизна (ženščizna), женчизна (ženčizna) (17ᵗʰ c.)
- >? Belarusian: жанчы́на (žančýna) (literary)
- Old Polish: żeńczyzna, żeniczyzna, żeńszczyzna (15ᵗʰ c.)
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžьščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166: “*ženьščina ― *ženʹščina”
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “же́нщина”, 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 299
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “же́нщина”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 285
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “женщина”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 268
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жена́; же́нщина”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 129
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жанчы́на”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 210