Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьnъ

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

Etymology

From *ājьce +‎ *-ьnъ, ultimately from *ȃje (egg) +‎ *-ьce. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (egg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).

Adjective

*ājьčьnъ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ꙗєчный (jaječnyj), єєчный (jeječnyj)
      • Belarusian: яе́чны (jajéčny)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: яи́чный (jaýčnŷj)
      • Ukrainian: яє́чний (jajéčnyj), яє́шний (jajéšnyj)
    • Russian: яи́чный (jaíčnyj, from egg)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: я́йчен (jájčen, from egg)
    • Macedonian: јајчен (jajčen)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: јајчан, јајчен
      Latin script: јaјčan, јaјčen
    • Slovene: jájčen (from egg)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьčьnъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64