Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьnikъ

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 *ajьce (“egg”) +‎ *-ьnikъ or equivalently *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*ȃjьčьnikъ m

egg product or egg-like object
Synonym: *ȃjьnikъ
→ egg dish
→ ovary (late calque of Latin ōvārium)

Alternative forms

*ajьčénikъ

Declension

Declension of *ȃjьčьnikъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ȃjьčьnikъ	*ȃjьčьnika	*ȃjьčьnici
Accusative	*ȃjьčьnikъ	*ȃjьčьnika	*ȃjьčьniky
Genitive	*ȃjьčьnika	*ajьčьnikù	*ajьčьnĩkъ
Locative	*ȃjьčьnicě	*ajьčьnikù	*ajьčьnicě̃xъ
Dative	*ȃjьčьniku	*ajьčьnikomà	*ajьčьnikòmъ
Instrumental	ȃjьčьnikъmь, ȃjьčьnikomь^*	*ajьčьnikomà	*ajьčьniký
Vocative	*ajьčьniče	*ȃjьčьnika	*ȃjьčьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*ajьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajьnikъ (“egg product”)
*ajьce, *ajьko (“egg”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
  - *ajьčьnica (“egg dish”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: яе́чнік (jajéčnik, “ovary”)
- Russian: яи́чник (jaíčnik, “ovary”)
- Ukrainian: яє́чник (jajéčnyk, “ovary”), яє́шник (jajéšnyk, “Caesar's mushroom”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: я́йчник (jájčnik, “ovary”), яйче́ник (jajčénik, “dish with eggs; fried egg”) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: јајчник (jajčnik, “ovary”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: јајченик, јајчаник (“dish with eggs”) (dialectal)
  Latin: jajčenik, jajčanik (“dish with eggs”) (dialectal)
- Slovene: jȃjčnik (“dish with eggs; fried egg”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vaječník (“fried egg; ovary”)
- Slovak: vaječník (“ovary”)