Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ženьščina

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

Etymology

From *žènьskъ +‎ *-ina, from *ženà.

Noun

*žènьščina f

1. woman

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *же́ньщина (*žénĭščina)
    • Old Ruthenian: же́нщина (žénščina) (16ᵗʰ c.)
      • >? Belarusian: жанчы́на (žančýna) (literary)
      • >? Ukrainian: же́нщина (žénščyna) (archaic, 19ᵗʰ c.)
    • Middle Russian: же́нщина (žénščina), же́нчина (žénčina) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
      • Russian: же́нщина (žénščina)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: żeńczyzna, żeniczyzna, żeńszczyzna (15ᵗʰ c.)
    • Middle Polish: żeńszczyzna (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
    • → Old Ruthenian: женщы́зна (ženščýzna), женщизна (ženščizna), женчизна (ženčizna) (17ᵗʰ c.)
      • >? Belarusian: жанчы́на (žančýna) (literary)

References

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “же́нщина”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 299
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “же́нщина”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 285
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “женщина”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 268
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жена́; же́нщина”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 129
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жанчы́на”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 210