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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьko
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Originally a diminutive form of *ȃje (“egg”) + *-ьko (prior to Slavic progressive palatalization) or *-ъko.
Noun
*ȃjьko n
- Alternative form of *ajьce (“egg”)
Declension
Declension of *ȃjьko (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ȃjьko | *ȃjьcě | *ajьkà |
Accusative | *ȃjьko | *ȃjьcě | *ajьkà |
Genitive | *ȃjьka | *ajьkù | *ajь̀kъ |
Locative | *ȃjьcě | *ajьkù | *ajьcě̃xъ |
Dative | *ȃjьku | *ajьkomà | *ajьkòmъ |
Instrumental | *ȃjьkъmь, *ȃjьkomь* | *ajьkomà | *ajьký |
Vocative | *ajьko | *ȃjьcě | *ajьkà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: я́йко (jájko) (dialectal)
- Old Ukrainian:
- Rusyn: я́йко (jájko), я́иско (jáysko)
- Ukrainian: я́йко (jájko)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: vajko (Moravian), jajko (dialectal)
- Polish: jajko
- Slovak: vajko
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: jajko (“easter egg”)
- Upper Sorbian: jejko (“testicle”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьko”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64