Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževina
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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
From *eževъ (“hedgehog-related”) + *-ina.
Noun
*eževina f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *eževina | *eževině | *eževiny |
| genitive | *eževiny | *eževinu | *eževinъ |
| dative | *eževině | *eževinama | *eževinamъ |
| accusative | *eževinǫ | *eževině | *eževiny |
| instrumental | *eževinojǫ, *eževinǫ** | *eževinama | *eževinami |
| locative | *eževině | *eževinu | *eževinasъ, *eževinaxъ* |
| vocative | *eževino | *eževině | *eževiny |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: ježovina
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*eževina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35