Has been earlier compared to Proto-Finnic *aho, but that term is more likely a Germanic borrowing.
Alternatively, perhaps from a nominalised adjective, from *ež (“surface”) + *-a.
*eža (stem *eža-)
Declension of *eža (stem: *eža-) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *eža | *ežajas | |
accusative | indefinite | *eža | *ežajas |
definite | *ežaäs | *ežajasäs | |
instrumental | *ežaän | *ežajasän | |
caritive | *ežatäk | *ežajastäk | |
consecutive | *ežala | *ežajasla | |
genitive | *ežalän | *ežajaslän | |
ablative | *ežaliś | *ežajasliś | |
dative | *ežali | *ežajasli | |
inessive | *ežain | *ežajasin | |
elative | *ežaiś | *ežajasiś | |
illative | *ežaä | *ežajasä | |
egressive | *ežaśań | *ežajasśań | |
approximative | *ežalań | *ežajaslań | |
terminative | *ežaäʒ́ | *ežajasäʒ́ | |
translative | *ežati | *ežajasti |