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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuznь

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *ku- (“to forge”) +‎ *-znь.

Noun

*kuznь f

  1. forge, smithy

Inflection
Declension of *kuznь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kuznь *kuzni *kuzni
genitive *kuzni *kuznьju, *kuzňu* *kuznьjь, *kuzni*
dative *kuzni *kuznьma *kuznьmъ
accusative *kuznь *kuzni *kuzni
instrumental *kuznьjǫ, *kuzňǫ* *kuznьma *kuznьmi
locative *kuzni *kuznьju, *kuzňu* *kuznьxъ
vocative *kuzni *kuzni *kuzni
* 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).

Derived terms
  • *kъznь, *kyznь
  • *kuzlo

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кузнꙗ (kuznja), кузнь (kuznĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: коузнь (kuznĭ)
    • Bulgarian: ку́знꙗ (kúznja)
    • Macedonian: кузња (kuznja)
    • Serbo-Croatian: Кузница
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kuzna, kúzna, kúzňa, kuzeň, kouzně, kouzeň, kuzňa
    • Polish: kuźnia
    • Old Slovak: kuzňa
      • Slovak: kúzeň, kúzňa, kuzňa

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кузница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “кузнец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 450
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuznja/*kuznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “кузнец”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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