krzywaśń

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Old Polish

krzywaśń (sense 2) on Drużyna coat of arms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *krzywać +‎ -śń, from Proto-Slavic *krivati (“to bend”).[1] First attested in 1385.

For the verb, compare Kashubian krzywać (“to check if there are fish in the net; to check if chickens have laid eggs”), krzywanie (“divining, spellcasting”).

For the noun, compare dialectal Czech křivazňa (“someone lame”), křivajzňa (“skid, runner of a sled”), Ukrainian криванжа́ (kryvanžá, “someone lame”), Belarusian крываньдзя́ка (kryvanʹdzjáka, “someone lame”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kr̝iva(ː)ɕɲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /kr̝ivaɕɲ/, /kr̝ivɒɕɲ/

Noun

krzywaśń f

  1. something crooked
    • 1856-1870 [1385], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎, volume VII, number 445:
      Nicolaus nominauit clenodium mediam sagittam et *criuasch, et proclamacio Zauorze
      [Nicolaus nominauit clenodium mediam sagittam et krzywaś[ń], et proclamacio Zaworze]
  3. (heraldry) crozier head
    • 1856-1870 [1386], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎, volume VII, number 445:
      Nicolaus clenodium dixit *Criuasz, proclamacio Druszina
      [Nicolaus clenodium dixit Krzywaś[ń], proclamacio Drużyna]
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Descendants

  • Polish: krzywaśnia

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1966-1969) “krzywaźń : krzywaźnia (krzywaśń : krzywaśnia)”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes III: Kotar—Kysz, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 245

Further reading

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “krzywaśń”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “krzywaśń”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
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