From *eževъ (“hedgehog-related”) + *-ika.
*eževika f
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *eževika | *eževicě | *eževiky |
genitive | *eževiky | *eževiku | *eževikъ |
dative | *eževicě | *eževikama | *eževikamъ |
accusative | *eževikǫ | *eževicě | *eževiky |
instrumental | *eževikojǫ, *eževikǫ** | *eževikama | *eževikami |
locative | *eževicě | *eževiku | *eževikasъ, *eževikaxъ* |
vocative | *eževiko | *eževicě | *eževiky |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).