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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьce
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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
Orginally a diminutive form of *ȃje (“egg”) + *-ьce (“diminutive suffix”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓjika, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Ossetian айк (ajk), айкӕ (ajkæ, “egg”) (from Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (“egg”)).
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of *ājьcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ājьcè | *ajь̀ci | *ajь̀ca |
| Accusative | *ājьcè | *ajь̀ci | *ajь̀ca |
| Genitive | *ājьcà | *ajьcu | *ajь̀cь |
| Locative | *ājьcì | *ajьcu | *ajь̀cixъ |
| Dative | *ājьcù | *ajьcema | *ajь̀cemъ |
| Instrumental | *ājьcь̀mь, *ājьcèmь* | *ajьcema | *ajь̀ci |
| Vocative | *ājьcè | *ajь̀ci | *ajь̀ca |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *ajьčice (diminutive)
- *ajьčęstъ (“egg-like, egg-shaped”)
- *ajьčьjь (“pertaining to egg”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajьčьna (“eggness”)
- *ajьčьnikъ (“egg product”)
- *ajьčьnica (“egg dish”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьce”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “яйцо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977–1978), “яице”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ajьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “n. jo ‘egg’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “ajьce -a”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “bc æg (PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “jajce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ajьcȅ”
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ꙗйцо, ейцо, ꙗйце”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 308
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