Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kaňa

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

Noun

*kaňa f

1. accipitrid

Declension

Declension of *kaňa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kaňa	*kaňi	*kaňę̇
genitive	*kaňę̇	*kaňu	*kaňь
dative	*kaňi	*kaňama	*kaňamъ
accusative	*kaňǫ	*kaňi	*kaňę̇
instrumental	*kaňejǫ, *kaňǫ**	*kaňama	*kaňami
locative	*kaňi	*kaňu	*kaňasъ, *kaňaxъ*
vocative	*kaňe	*kaňi	*kaňę̇

^* -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:
  • Russian: ка́ня (kánja), каню́к m (kanjúk)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ка́ня (kánja)
  • Slovene: kánja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: káně
    • Czech: káně, káň
      • Moravian (Mistřice): kaňa
  • Polish: kania
  • Slovak: kaňa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kanja
    • Upper Sorbian: kanja

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kaňa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 142