Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěna
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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 Early Proto-Slavic *kajnā́˙,[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *cěnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cěnà | *cě̑ně | *cě̑ny |
| genitive | *cěný | *cěnù | *cě̃nъ |
| dative | *cěně̀ | *cěnàma | *cěnàmъ |
| accusative | *cě̑nǫ | *cě̑ně | *cě̑ny |
| instrumental | *cěnojǫ́ | *cěnàma | *cěnàmi |
| locative | *cě̑ně | *cěnù | *cěnàsъ, *cěnàxъ* |
| vocative | *cěno | *cě̑ně | *cě̑ny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
Derived terms
- *cěniti (“to evaluate, value”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Latvian: cena
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цена”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
References
- ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*kajnā́˙ «cěna»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 122
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*cěnà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75: “f. ā (c) ‘price, value’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “cěna cěny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c price (NA 86, 141; SA 24, 43; PR 138)”