Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyjanica

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”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kyjanica m

1. wooden hammer
2. wooden tool

Declension

Declension of *kyjanica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kyjanica	*kyjanici	*kyjanicę̇
genitive	*kyjanicę̇	*kyjanicu	*kyjanicь
dative	*kyjanici	*kyjanicama	*kyjanicamъ
accusative	*kyjanicǫ	*kyjanici	*kyjanicę̇
instrumental	*kyjanicejǫ, *kyjanicǫ**	*kyjanicama	*kyjanicami
locative	*kyjanici	*kyjanicu	*kyjanicasъ, *kyjanicaxъ*
vocative	*kyjanice	*kyjanici	*kyjanicę̇

^* -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

• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Macedonian: кијаниче (kijaniče) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kyjanicě
    • Czech: kyjanice (archaic)
  • Old Polish: kijanica
    • Polish: kijanica
  • Old Slovak: kyjanica, kijanica
    • Slovak: kijaňica (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Old Slovak: kyjanička
      • ⇒ Slovak: kijaňička (dialectal)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: czijanca
    • Slovincian: kjijanca
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kijańca