Appendix:Proto-Slavic/ajьce

This entry contains Proto-Slavic reconstructed words 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

Diminutive of *aje, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Noun

*ajьce n

1. egg

Declension

Declension of *ajьce (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ajьce	*ajьci	*ajьca
Accusative	*ajьce	*ajьci	*ajьca
Genitive	*ajьca	*ajьcu	*ajьcь
Locative	*ajьci	*ajьcu	*ajьcixъ
Dative	*ajьcu	*ajьcema	*ajьcemъ
Instrumental	*ajьcemь	*ajьcema	*ajьci
Vocative	*ajьce	*ajьci	*ajьca

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: яйка (jájka), яйцо (jajcó)
  • Russian: яйцо (jajcó)
  • Ukrainian: яйце (jajcé)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: аицє (aice)

    Glagolitic: ⰀⰉⰜⰅ

  • Bulgarian: яйце (jajcé)
  • Macedonian: јајце (jájce)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: јајце

    Roman: jajce

  • Slovene: jajce
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vejce
  • Polish: jajko
  • Slovak: vajce
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jajko (“Easter egg; berry”)
    • Upper Sorbian: jejko (“testicle”)