Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aje

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

*ȃje or *ājè n[1][2][3][4][5][6]

egg (amniote embryo with protective shell)

Declension

Per Derksen, Dybo, Jasanoff, Nikolaev, Olander, Zamyatina:

Declension of *ȃje (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà
Accusative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà
Genitive	*ȃja	*ajù	*ãjь
Locative	*ȃji	*ajù	*ajíxъ
Dative	*ȃju	*ajemà	*ajémъ
Instrumental	ȃjьmь, ȃjemь^*	*ajemà	*ají
Vocative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Per Snoj:

Declension of *ājè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ājè	*ãji	*ãja
Accusative	*ājè	*ãji	*ãja
Genitive	*ājà	*aju	*ãjь
Locative	*ājì	*aju	*ãjixъ
Dative	*ājù	*ajema	*ãjemъ
Instrumental	ājь̀mь, ājèmь^*	*ajema	*ãji
Vocative	*ājè	*ãji	*ãja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*ajьce, *ajьko (“egg”)
- *ajьčice (diminutive)
- *ajьčęstъ (“egg-like, egg-shaped”)
- *ajьčьjь (“pertaining to egg”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
  - *ajьčьna (“eggness”)
  - *ajьčьnikъ (“egg product”)
  - *ajьčьnica (“egg dish”)
*ajatъ, *ajitъ (“ovate”)
*ajьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajina (“eggshell”)
- *ajьno (“amnion”)
- *ajьnikъ (“egg product”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: аѥ (aje)
  - Ukrainian: айо (ajo) (dialectal)
- Old Novgorodian: аѥ (aje)
  - ⇒ Old Novgorodian: аѥсова m (ajesova, “carries the egg”) (vulgar)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ја́је
  Latin: jáje
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: jaje; jajé (“testes”)
- Polabian: joji
- Polish: jajo; jaje (obsolete); ajo (babytalk)
  - Kashubian: jajo (rare)
- Slovincian: jȧ̃jä
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jejo, wejo
  - Lower Sorbian: jajo

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȃje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “n. jo (c) ‘egg’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “aje -a”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c æg (NA 116, 135f., 139, 143; SA 24, 150)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “jájce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “pslovan. *ajȅ”
Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “*ȃje”
Dybo, Vladimir A.; Zamyatina, Galina I.; Nikolaev, Sergei L. (1990) Основы славянской акцентологии [Fundamentals of Slavic Accentology]‎ (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45: “*jȃje”
Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 51: “*ȃje”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȃje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “n. jo (c) ‘egg’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “aje -a”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c æg (NA 116, 135f., 139, 143; SA 24, 150)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “jájce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “pslovan. *ajȅ”

[4] Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “*ȃje”

[5] Dybo, Vladimir A.; Zamyatina, Galina I.; Nikolaev, Sergei L. (1990) Основы славянской акцентологии [Fundamentals of Slavic Accentology]‎ (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45: “*jȃje”

[6] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 51: “*ȃje”