Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževika

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”) +‎ *-ika.

Noun

*eževika f

Declension

Declension of *eževika (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *eževika *eževicě *eževiky
genitive *eževiky *eževiku *eževikъ
dative *eževicě *eževikama *eževikamъ
accusative *eževikǫ *eževicě *eževiky
instrumental *eževikojǫ, *eževikǫ** *eževikama *eževikami
locative *eževicě *eževiku *eževikasъ, *eževikaxъ*
vocative *eževiko *eževicě *eževiky

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: *ежевика (*ježevika)

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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