Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aje

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).^[1]

Noun

*ȃje or *ājè n^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

egg (amniote embryo with protective shell)

Declension

Per Derksen, Dybo, Jasanoff, Nikolaev, Olander, Zamyatina:

Declension of *ȃje (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà
genitive	*ȃja	*ajù	*ãjь
dative	*ȃju	*ajemà	*ajémъ
accusative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà
instrumental	ȃjьmь, ȃjemь^*	*ajemà	*ají
locative	*ȃji	*ajù	*ajíxъ
vocative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Per Snoj:

Declension of *ājè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ājè	*ãji	*ãja
genitive	*ājà	*aju	*ãjь
dative	*ājù	*ajema	*ãjemъ
accusative	*ājè	*ãji	*ãja
instrumental	ājь̀mь, ājèmь^*	*ajema	*ãji
locative	*ājì	*aju	*ãjixъ
vocative	*ājè	*ãji	*ãja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*ajatъ, *ajitъ (“ovate”)
*ajьce, *ajьko (“egg”)
- *ajьčęstъ (“egg-like, egg-shaped”)
- *ajьčice (diminutive)
- *ajьčьjь (“pertaining to egg”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
  - *ajьčьna (“eggness”)
  - *ajьčьnica (“egg dish”)
  - *ajьčьnikъ (“egg product”)
*ajьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajina (“eggshell”)
- *ajьnikъ (“egg product”)
- *ajьno (“amnion”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: аѥ (aje)
  - Ukrainian: я́йо (jájo), айо (ajo) (dialectal)
- Old Novgorodian: аѥ (aje)
  - ⇒ Old Novgorodian: аѥсова m (ajesova, “carries the egg”) (vulgar)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: аѥ (aje)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја́је
  
  Latin script: jáje
West Slavic:
- Polabian: joji
- Polish: jajo; jaje (obsolete); ajo (babytalk)
  - Kashubian: jajo (rare)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: jaje; jajé (“testes”)
  - Slovincian: jajê
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jejo, wejo
  - Lower Sorbian: jajo

References

↑ ^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’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “aje -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c æg (NA 116, 135f., 139, 143; SA 24, 150)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “jájce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *ajȅ”
^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “*ȃje”
^ Dybo, Vladimir A., Zamyatina, Galina I., Nikolaev, Sergei L. (1990) Основы славянской акцентологии [Fundamentals of Slavic Accentology]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45: “*jȃje”
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[3] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 51: “*ȃje”

[EDSIL-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’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “aje -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c æg (NA 116, 135f., 139, 143; SA 24, 150)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “jájce”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *ajȅ”

[4] Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “*ȃje”

[5] Dybo, Vladimir A., Zamyatina, Galina I., Nikolaev, Sergei L. (1990) Основы славянской акцентологии [Fundamentals of Slavic Accentology]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45: “*jȃje”

[6] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[3] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 51: “*ȃje”

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