Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kaznь

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 *kazati +‎ *-snь.

Noun

*kaznь f

1. order
2. punishment

Declension

Declension of *kaznь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kaznь	*kazni	*kazni
genitive	*kazni	*kaznьju, *kazňu*	*kaznьjь, *kazni*
dative	*kazni	*kaznьma	*kaznьmъ
accusative	*kaznь	*kazni	*kazni
instrumental	*kaznьjǫ, *kazňǫ*	*kaznьma	*kaznьmi
locative	*kazni	*kaznьju, *kazňu*	*kaznьxъ
vocative	*kazni	*kazni	*kazni

^* 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: казнь (kaznʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: казнь (kaznĭ)
  • Macedonian: казна (kazna)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ка̏зна

    Latin script: kȁzna

  • Slovene: kȃzǝn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kázeň
  • Polish: kaźń
  • Slovak: kázeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kazń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “казнь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress