Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežь
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*ežь (Erinaceus concolor)
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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
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźjás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”). Compare with *ǵʰḗr.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian ežys, regional ẽżis and Latvian ezis. Other Indo-European cognates include Phrygian ἔξις (éxis) (read ἔζις (ézis)), Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Old English igil (English ile), Old High German igil (German Igel), Old Armenian ոզնի (ozni), Old Norse ígull, Ossetian уызын (wyzyn), Albanian eshk.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ežь | *eža | *eži |
| genitive | *eža | *ežu | *ežь |
| dative | *ežu | *ežema | *ežemъ |
| accusative | *ežь | *eža | *ežę̇ |
| instrumental | *ežьmь, *ežemь* | *ežema | *eži |
| locative | *eži | *ežu | *ežixъ |
| vocative | *ežu | *eža | *eži |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *ežakъ, *ežikъ (diminutive)
- *eževъ(jь)
- *ežica, *ežika
- *ežina
- *ežiti (sę)
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 37
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ёж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “їж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 323
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ežь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149: “m. jo ‘hedgehog’”