Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževica

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 *eževъ (“hedgehog-related”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*eževica f

Declension

Declension of *eževica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *eževica *eževici *eževicę̇
genitive *eževicę̇ *eževicu *eževicь
dative *eževici *eževicama *eževicamъ
accusative *eževicǫ *eževici *eževicę̇
instrumental *eževicejǫ, *eževicǫ** *eževicama *eževicami
locative *eževici *eževicu *eževicasъ, *eževicaxъ*
vocative *eževice *eževici *eževicę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Russian: ежени́ца (ježeníca) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: је́жевица; Је́жевица (toponym)
      Latin script: jéževica; Jéževica (toponym)
    • Slovene: ježevíca

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*eževica / *eževika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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