Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuznьcь

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 *kuznь (“forge, smithy”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*kuznь̀cь m

1. blacksmith

Declension

Declension of *kuznь̀cь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuznь̀cь	*kuznьca	*kuznьci
genitive	*kuznьca	*kuznьcu	*kuznьcь
dative	*kuznьcu	*kuznьcema	*kuznьcemъ
accusative	*kuznь̀cь	*kuznьca	*kuznьcę̇
instrumental	*kuznьcьmь, *kuznьcemь*	*kuznьcema	*kuznьci
locative	*kuznьci	*kuznьcu	*kuznьcixъ
vocative	*kuznьče	*kuznьca	*kuznьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кузньць (kuznĭcĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: кузне́ць (kuznécʹ), кюзне́ць (kjuznécʹ), кузне́цъ (kuznécʹ)
      • Ukrainian: кузне́ць (kuznécʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: кузне́ц (kuznéc)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: коузньць (kuznĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱆⰸⱀⱐⱌⱐ (kuznĭcĭ)

    • Church Slavonic: кꙋзньць (kuznĭcĭ) (Russian recension)
    • Bulgarian: кузне́ц (kuznéc)
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: kuznac, kuznec
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kuzněc (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuznьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 145