Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źṓjinkas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

*źṓjinkas

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰṓy-n̥-kos (lengthened o-grade, literally “frisky animal > hare”), from *ǵʰey- (“to drive”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyas (from which Sanskrit हय (háya, “horse”)), Proto-Armenian *jeioh (from which Armenian ձի (ji, “horse”)).

Noun

*źṓjinkas m

1. rabbit, hare

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Proto-Lithuanian: *zuojįkas
    • Old Lithuanian: zuĩkis, zùikis, zuikỹs
      • Lithuanian: zui̇̃kis, zùikis, zuikỹs; žiuikis; ⇒ zui̇̃kė f
      • Samogitian: zoikis
• Proto-Slavic: *zàję̄cь, *zàjьcь (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• ALEW ^2.0, “zuĩkis”