божьница

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

бозьница (bozĭnica)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *božьnica, from *božьnъ +‎ *-ica or *bogъ +‎ *-ьnica. Equivalent to богъ (bogŭ) +‎ -ьница (-ĭnica). Cognate with Czech božnica (“temple”).

Noun

божьница (božĭnica) f

church

Derived terms

божьничнꙑи (božĭničnyi)

Descendants

Belarusian: бажні́ца (bažníca)
Russian: божни́ца (božníca)
Ukrainian: божни́ця (božnýcja)

References

Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “божьница, бозьница”, 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 141
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “божница”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
Trubačev O. N., editor (1975), “*božьnica”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 02, Moscow: Nauka, page 229

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