єжъ

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Old Ruthenian

єжъ (sense 1)

Alternative forms

  • ѣжъ (jěž) – alternative spelling

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁eǵʰis

Inherited from Old East Slavic ежь (ežĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ežь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”).[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian ёж (jož), Polish jeż, Lithuanian ežys, Phrygian ἔζις (ézis).

Noun

єжъ • (jež) m animal

  2. hedgehog

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Carpathian Rusyn: ї́жо (jížo)
  • Ukrainian: їж (již), їжо́ (jižó), іж (iž), іжо́ (ižó), ож (ož) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “їж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 323
  2. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “їж”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 567: “OUk. єжь”
  3. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “во́жык”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 183

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “ежъ I”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 181
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “єжъ¹, ѣжь”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 85
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