Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źṓˀjinkas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóh₂y-in-kos ~ ǵʰéh₂y-in-kos, from *ǵʰóh₂y-, *ǵʰéh₂y-, *ǵʰéy-.

Noun

*źṓˀjinkas m[1]

rabbit, hare

Alternative forms

*źā́ˀjinkas

Descendants

Old Lithuanian: *zuojįkas
- Lithuanian: zuĩkis m, zuĩkė f
Proto-Slavic: *zàję̄cь, *zàjьcь (see there for further descendants)

References

Chernykh, P. (1993), “за́яц”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 318

[1] Chernykh, P. (1993), “за́яц”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 318