Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjь

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kū́ˀjas, from Proto-Indo-European *kuh₂yos, from the root *kewh₂- (“to hit, strike”).

Cognate with Lithuanian kūjis (“hammer”) and Old Prussian cugis (“hammer”).

Noun

*kỳjь or *ky̑jь m

  1. stick, club
  2. hammer

Declension

Declension of *kỳjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kỳjь *kỳja *kỳji
genitive *kỳja *kỳju *kỳjь
dative *kỳju *kỳjema *kỳjēmъ
accusative *kỳjь *kỳja *kỳję̇
instrumental *kỳjьmь, *kỳjemь* *kỳjema *kỳjī
locative *kỳji *kỳju *kỳjīxъ
vocative *kỳju *kỳja *kỳji

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

Declension of *ky̑jь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *ky̑jь *ky̑ja *ky̑ji
genitive *ky̑ja *kyjù *kỹjь
dative *ky̑ju *kyjemà *kyjèmъ
accusative *ky̑jь *ky̑ja *ky̑ję̇
instrumental *ky̑jьmь, *ky̑jemь* *kyjemà *kyjí
locative *ky̑ji *kyjù *kyjĩxъ
vocative *kyju *ky̑ja *ky̑ji

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙑи (kyi), кии (kii)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Кꙑи (Kyi) (personal name)
      • ⇒ Old East Slavic: кꙑꙗнинъ (kyjaninŭ, “Kyi's person; resident of Kyiv”) (see there for further descendants)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kyj
    • Old Polish: kij
    • Old Slovak: kyj
      • Pannonian Rusyn: кий (kij) (obsolete)
      • Slovak: kyj; kij (dialectal)
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: kij
      • Lower Sorbian: kij

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kyjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 257

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kyjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265: “m. jo ‘stick, club’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kyjь kyju/kyja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “?c (NA 138); d (OSA 142) hammer”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kȋj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ky̋jь (ali *ky̑jь)”
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