Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnędzь

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *kъnęgъ. By consensus ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. A minority position instead takes the word as native Proto-Slavic *kun-ingo- (protruding, prominent) (*kъnъ +‎ *-ędzь) and borrowed into Proto-Germanic.

Noun

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*kъ̏nędzь m[1][2]

  1. prince

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “князь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъnęzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 200

References

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  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kъnęʒь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 158, 171, 174; PR 137)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “knẹ̑z”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*kъ̏nęgъ