Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/eźjás

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰ-y-ós, *h₁eǵʰ-i-s, from *h₁eǵʰ- (“hedgehog”). Cognate with Phrygian ἔζις (ézis, “hedgehog”).

Noun

*eźjás m[1][2][3]

  1. hedgehog

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: ezs
    • Latvian: ezis
    • Old Lithuanian: ežỹs, ẽžis
      • Lithuanian: ežỹs; ẽžis, ėžỹs, ažỹs (dialectal)
      • Samogitian: ežis
  • Proto-Slavic: *ežь (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ EDBIL, page 159‒160: “ežys”, “BSl. *eźios”, “PSl. *”, “PIE *h₁eǵʰ-io-”
  2. ^ EDSIL, page 149: “*ežь”, “BSl. *eźios”, “PIE *h₁eǵʰ-io-”
  3. ^ BSW, page 73: “eži̯a-”

Further reading

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