княгиня
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- princess (the prince’s consort), duchess
- daughter
- (poetic) bride in old wedding rituals.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnęgynja affix from Russian князь (prince).
Origin
Russian
князь
Gloss
prince
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- княжеский Russian
- княжество Russian
- княжить Russian
- князь Russian
- междукняжеский Russian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kuningaz Proto-Germanic
- knjaz Swedish
- kniahini Polish
- kniaź Polish
- ksieni Polish
- kongr Old Norse
- konungr Old Norse
- *kъnędzь Proto-Slavic
- *kъnęgyni Proto-Slavic
- *kъnęgynja Proto-Slavic
- kuning Old High German
- кінәз Kazakh
- *kuning gmw-pro
- *kuningas Proto-Finnic
- *konëŋkēs Proto-Samic
- gonagas Northern Sami
- kunigas Lithuanian
- kněni Lower Sorbian
- Keenich Pennsylvania German
- Künning Central Franconian
- kunâgâs Inari Sami