ꙗзъ

See also: язь and азъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ꙗ (ja); азъ (azŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɑzʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /jazʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /jaz/
• Hyphenation: ꙗ‧зъ

Pronoun

ꙗзъ (jazŭ)

1. I; first person singular pronoun

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ꙗ (ja), ꙗзъ (jaz)
  • Belarusian: я (ja)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: я (ja)
  • Ukrainian: я (ja)
• Russian: я (ja)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ꙗзъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 10