ꙗйце

Old Ruthenian

ꙗйце курѧчоє (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• ꙗйцо (jajco), єйцо (jejco)

Etymology

PIE word
*h₂ōwyóm

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗице (jaice), from Proto-Slavic *ajьce, from *ȃje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Russian яйцо́ (jajcó), Old Novgorodian ꙗиче (jaiče).

Noun

ꙗйце • (jajce) n inan

2. egg
3. testicle

Related terms

adjectives

• ꙗєчный (jaječnyj)
• ꙗйцовый (jajcovyj)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: яйцо́ (jajcó)
• Carpathian Rusyn: я́йце (jájce)
• Ukrainian: яйце́ (jajcé)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*яице”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 579
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “яйцо, ейцо, яйце”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 308
• Dezső, László (1996) “яйце”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.], Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 184