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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vajce, from Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vejce n
- egg
Declension
Declension of vejce (soft neuter)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vejce”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vejce”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vejce”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)