Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьce

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьce

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

Orginally a diminutive form of *ȃje (“egg”) +‎ *-ьce (“diminutive suffix”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓjika, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Ossetian айк (ajk), айкӕ (ajkæ, “egg”) (from Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (“egg”)).

Noun

*ājьcè n[1][2][3]

1. egg

Alternative forms

• *ȃjьko

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ājьcè	*ajь̀ci	*ajь̀ca
Accusative	*ājьcè	*ajь̀ci	*ajь̀ca
Genitive	*ājьcà	*ajьcu	*ajь̀cь
Locative	*ājьcì	*ajьcu	*ajь̀cixъ
Dative	*ājьcù	*ajьcema	*ajь̀cemъ
Instrumental	*ājьcь̀mь, *ājьcèmь*	*ajьcema	*ajь̀ci
Vocative	*ājьcè	*ajь̀ci	*ajь̀ca

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

Derived terms

• *ajьčice (diminutive)
• *ajьčęstъ (“egg-like, egg-shaped”)
• *ajьčьjь (“pertaining to egg”)
• *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
  • *ajьčьna (“eggness”)
  • *ajьčьnikъ (“egg product”)
  • *ajьčьnica (“egg dish”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: аице (aice), ꙗице (jaice)
    • Old Ruthenian: ꙗице (jajce), ꙗйце (jajce), ꙗйцо (jajco), ейцо (ejco)[4]
      • Belarusian: яйцо́ (jajcó)
      • Rusyn: я́йце (jájce)
      • Ukrainian: яйце́ (jajcé, “egg; testicle”)
    • Russian: яйцо́ (jajcó)
  • Old Novgorodian: ѧече (ęeče)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: аице (aice)

    Glagolitic: ⰰⰹⱌⰵ (aice)

    • Bulgarian: яйце́ (jajcé) (standard); айце́ (ajcé), аце́ (acé), йеце́ (jecé), ейце́ (ejcé) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: јајце (jajce)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ја́јце; Јајце (“Jajce”) (Bosnian town, toponym)

    Latin: jájce; Jajce (“Jajce”) (Bosnian town, toponym)

  • Slovene: jájce (“egg; testicle”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vajce
    • Czech: vejce
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): vijce
  • Kashubian: jajco
  • Polish: jajce, jajco, jejce (dialectal, archaic)
  • Slovak: vajce; vajco (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: jȧ̃i̯cä (“testicle”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьce”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “яйцо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977–1978), “яице”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ajьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “n. jo ‘egg’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “ajьce -a”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b^c æg (PR 135)”
3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “jajce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ajьcȅ”
4. Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ꙗйцо, ейцо, ꙗйце”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 308