Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kaňa

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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 Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”)

Noun

*kaňa f

  1. accipitrid

Declension

Declension of *kaňa (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kaňa *kaňi *kaňę̇
genitive *kaňę̇ *kaňu *kaňь
dative *kaňi *kaňama *kaňamъ
accusative *kaňǫ *kaňi *kaňę̇
instrumental *kaňejǫ, *kaňǫ** *kaňama *kaňami
locative *kaňi *kaňu *kaňasъ, *kaňaxъ*
vocative *kaňe *kaňi *kaňę̇

* -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.
** 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).

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kaňa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 142
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