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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *kon-o-, from *ken-. Equivalent to *čęti (“to begin”) +‎ *-ъ.

For the meaning compare dial. Serbo-Croatian крај (“beginning”), dial. Russian край (kraj, “beginning”) (< *krajь (“edge, end”))[1].

Noun

*konъ m [2]

  1. beginning
    Synonyms: *konьcь, *pokonъ, *počętъkъ, *načętъkъ, *načętьje, *načędlo
  2. end
    Synonyms: *konьcь, *krajь

Inflection
Declension of *konъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *konъ *kona *koni
Accusative *konъ *kona *kony
Genitive *kona *konu *konъ
Locative *koně *konu *koněxъ
Dative *konu *konoma *konomъ
Instrumental *konъmь, *konomь* *konoma *kony
Vocative *kone *kona *koni
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: конъ (konŭ)
      • Belarusian: кон (kon)
      • Russian: кон (kon)
      • Ukrainian: кін (kin)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kon
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kón

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “кон”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 10, Moscow: Nauka, page 195
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “конъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1270

References
  1. Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krajь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 12, Moscow: Nauka, page 88
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*konъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “m. o”
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