Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajьka

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajьka

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 *zàjęcь +‎ *-ьka.

Noun

*zajьka m

1. Diminutive of *zàjęcь (“hare”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: за́йка (zájka)
  • Russian: за́йка (zájka)

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “за́яц”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 312: “*zaj‑ + ‑ьk‑a”