Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ṓja

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).[1]

Noun

*ṓja n[1]

  1. egg

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Declension of *ṓja (o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ōja *ōjai *ōjāˀ
Accusative *ōja *ōjai *ōjāˀ
Genitive *ōjā *ōjāu(ˀ) *ōjōn
Locative *ōjai *ōjāu(ˀ) *ōjaišu
Dative *ōjōi *ōjamā(ˀ) *ōjamas
Instrumental *ōjōˀ *ōjamāˀ *ōjōis
Vocative *ōja *ōjai *ōjāˀ

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *ȃje (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȃje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27:n. jo (c) ‘egg’