Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajęcь
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an earlier *zajękъ (still reflected in Bulgarian and Macedonian), of uncertain origin. One possibility is a connection to Lithuanian žaĩsti (“to play around”), supposing an original meaning hopper. If Old Armenian ձի (ji, “horse”) and Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to hop, to impel”) are also cognates, then a likely origin would be (per Snoj) Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰōy-en-kos. Further cognates could be Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”), Latin haedus (“buck”) (via *-dos extension).
Less likely from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂- (“to nourish, earth”) encountered in Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “Earth”) (possibly Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gála)), which is qualified as dubious by Vasmer.
Shares an analogous morphological ending as Proto-Slavic *měsęcь (“month”), Proto-Slavic *pujęcь (“peacock”) : *pujęca (“turkey”).
Likely related[1] to Lithuanian zuĩkis, from *zuojekas; while Latvian zaķis was borrowed from Belarusian за́йка (zájka).
Noun
Lua error in Module:headword at line 778: The headword 'zàjęcь' must begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed.[2][3]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zàjęcь | *zàjęca | *zàjęci |
| genitive | *zàjęca | *zàjęcu | *zàjęcь |
| dative | *zàjęcu | *zàjęcema | *zàjęcēmъ |
| accusative | *zàjęcь | *zàjęca | *zàjęcę̇ |
| instrumental | *zàjęcьmь, *zàjęcemь* | *zàjęcema | *zàjęcī |
| locative | *zàjęci | *zàjęcu | *zàjęcīxъ |
| vocative | *zàjęče | *zàjęca | *zàjęci |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “заяц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “zając”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 643
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “заек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 587
References
- ^ T. Skikevich, 2007: Балто-славянский период в формировании лексики русского языка (на примере наименований диких животных) at Materials from International Linguistic Conference at Ryazan State University, May 2007, , page 183 (in Russian),
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “zȃjec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*za̋jęcь”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zajęcь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”