Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьko

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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

Originally a diminutive form of *ȃje (egg) +‎ *-ьko (prior to Slavic progressive palatalization) or *-ъko.

Noun

*ȃjьko n

  1. alternative form of *ajьce (egg)

Declension

Declension of *ȃjьko (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *ȃjьko *ȃjьcě *ajьkà
genitive *ȃjьka *ajьkù *ajь̀kъ
dative *ȃjьku *ajьkomà *ajьkòmъ
accusative *ȃjьko *ȃjьcě *ajьkà
instrumental *ȃjьkъmь, *ȃjьkomь* *ajьkomà *ajьký
locative *ȃjьcě *ajьkù *ajьcě̃xъ
vocative *ajьko *ȃjьcě *ajьkà

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vajko (Moravian); jajko (dialectal)
    • Kashubian: jôjkò
    • Polish: jajko
    • Slovak: vajko
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: jajko (especially “Easter egg”)
      • Upper Sorbian: jejko (especially “Easter egg”)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьko”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64