кудесникъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

кудешьникъ (kudešĭnikŭ)

Etymology

Archaic s-stem noun, continuing Proto-Balto-Slavic *kjáudas, from Proto-Indo-European *kéwdos. A possible cognate is Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos).

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /kuˈdɛsnikʊ/

(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kuˈdʲɛsnʲikʊ/

(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /kuˈdʲɛsnʲik/

Noun

кудесникъ (kudesnikŭ) m

wizard, mage
- from the Hypatian Codex:
  въпрошалъ волъхвовъ кудесникъ
  vŭprošalŭ volŭxvovŭ kudesnikŭ
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms: вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ), обавьникъ (obavĭnikŭ)

Related terms

кудесы (kudesy)
кудесьныи (kudesĭnyi)
кудешениѥ (kudešenije)
чудо (čudo)

Descendants

Russian: куде́сник (kudésnik)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кудесникъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1357

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