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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: я́йко (jájko) (dialectal)
    • Old Ukrainian:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vajko (Moravian), jajko (dialectal)
    • Polish: jajko
    • Slovak: vajko
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: jajko (easter egg)
      • Upper Sorbian: jejko (testicle)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьko”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64