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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajitъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ȃje + *-itъ. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Adjective
*ȃjitъ
Related terms
- *ȃjatъ
- *ȃjina
- *ājьce
- *ājьčьjь
- *ājьčьna
- *ājьčьnъ
- *ājьčьnica
- *ājьčьnikъ
- *ȃjьko
- *ȃjьno
- *ȃjьnъ
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: vajitý (“oval”) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajitъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63