Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežikъ

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 *ežь (“hedgehog”) +‎ *-ikъ (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*ežikъ m

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Declension of *ežikъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ežikъ *ežika *ežici
genitive *ežika *ežiku *ežikъ
dative *ežiku *ežikoma *ežikomъ
accusative *ežikъ *ežika *ežiky
instrumental *ežikъmь, *ežikomь* *ežikoma *ežiky
locative *ežicě *ežiku *ežicěxъ
vocative *ežiče *ežika *ežici

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ѥжикъ (*ježikŭ), ожикъ (ožikŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: е́же̂к (éžêk) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ežikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
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