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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьce

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”)).

Noun

*ājьcè n[1][2][3]

  1. egg

Alternative forms

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: аице (aice)
      Glagolitic script: ⰰⰹⱌⰵ (aice)
      • Bulgarian: яйце́ (jajcé) (standard); айце́ (ajcé), аце́ (acé), йеце́ (jecé), ейце́ (ejcé) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: јајце (jajce)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ја́јце; Јајце (“Jajce”) (Bosnian town, toponym)
      Latin script: jájce; Jajce (“Jajce”) (Bosnian town, toponym)
    • Slovene: jájce (“egg; testicle”)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьce”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 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. & 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
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ajьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 27: “n. jo ‘egg’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “ajьce -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “bc æg (PR 135)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “jajce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ajьcȅ”
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