Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aje

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión), Latin ōvum and Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Noun

*ȃje n [1][2]

egg

Inflection

Declension of *ȃje (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà
Accusative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà
Genitive	*ȃja	*ajù	*ãjь
Locative	*ȃji	*ajù	*ajíxъ
Dative	*ȃju	*ajemà	*ajémъ
Instrumental	ȃjьmь, ȃjemь^*	*ajemà	*ají
Vocative	*ȃje	*ȃji	*ajà

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

Derived terms

*ajьce

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ја́је
  
  Latin: jáje

West Slavic:
- Kashubian: jaje
- Polabian: joji
- Polish: jajo, jajko (diminutive)
- Slovincian: jȧ̃jä
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jejo
  - Lower Sorbian: jajo

References

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, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c æg (NA 116, 135f., 139, 143; SA 24, 150)”

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[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, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c æg (NA 116, 135f., 139, 143; SA 24, 150)”