Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ženixъ

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 *ženiti (“to marry off”, from *žena) +‎ *-xъ.

Noun

*ženixъ m

1. bridegroom

Inflection

Declension of *ženixъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ženixъ	*ženixa	*ženiśi
genitive	*ženixa	*ženixu	*ženixъ
dative	*ženixu	*ženixoma	*ženixomъ
accusative	*ženixъ	*ženixa	*ženixy
instrumental	*ženixъmь, *ženixomь*	*ženixoma	*ženixy
locative	*ženiśě	*ženixu	*ženiśěxъ
vocative	*ženiše	*ženixa	*ženiśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: женихъ (ženixŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: жени́хъ (ženíx), жони́хъ (žoníx)
      • Belarusian: жані́х (žaníx)
      • Ukrainian: жени́х (ženýx)
    • Russian: жени́х (ženíx), жени́хъ (ženíx) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Ingrian: senihka
      • → Komi-Zyrian: жӧник (žöńik)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: женихъ (ženixŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰶⰵⱀⰺⱈⱏ (ženixŭ)

  • Bulgarian: женѝх (ženìh)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жѐнӣх, же̏них

    Latin script: žènih, žȅnīh

  • Slovene: žénih (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ženich
  • Polish: żenich (dialectal)
  • Silesian: żynich
  • Slovak: ženích

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жени́х”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жані́х”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika