Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjanъka

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 *kyjana (“wooden hammer”) +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*kyjanъka m

1. wooden hammer
2. wooden tool

Declension

Declension of *kyjanъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kyjanъka	*kyjanъcě	*kyjanъky
genitive	*kyjanъky	*kyjanъku	*kyjanъkъ
dative	*kyjanъcě	*kyjanъkama	*kyjanъkamъ
accusative	*kyjanъkǫ	*kyjanъcě	*kyjanъky
instrumental	*kyjanъkojǫ, *kyjanъkǫ**	*kyjanъkama	*kyjanъkami
locative	*kyjanъcě	*kyjanъku	*kyjanъkasъ, *kyjanъkaxъ*
vocative	*kyjanъko	*kyjanъcě	*kyjanъky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *кꙑꙗнъка (*kyjanŭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: *кїꙗнка (*kijanka)
      • Belarusian: кія́нка (kijánka) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: кия́нка (kyjánka)
    • Russian: киёнка (kijónka) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: кијанка (kijanka) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kyjanka (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: kijanka
    • Polish: kijanka; kijonka, kijunka (dialectal)
  • Old Slovak: kyjanka, kijanka
    • Pannonian Rusyn: киянка (kijanka)
    • Slovak: kijanka, kijonka (dialectal)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: czijonka