Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьna

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 *ājьce +‎ *-ьna, ultimately from *ȃje (“egg”) +‎ *-ьce. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

*ājьčьna f

Declension

Declension of *ajьčьna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ajьčьna	*ajьčьně	*ajьčьny
genitive	*ajьčьny	*ajьčьnu	*ajьčьnъ
dative	*ajьčьně	*ajьčьnama	*ajьčьnamъ
accusative	*ajьčьnǫ	*ajьčьně	*ajьčьny
instrumental	*ajьčьnojǫ, *ajьčьnǫ**	*ajьčьnama	*ajьčьnami
locative	*ajьčьně	*ajьčьnu	*ajьčьnasъ, *ajьčьnaxъ*
vocative	*ajьčьno	*ajьčьně	*ajьčьny

^* -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).

Related terms

• *ȃjatъ
• *ȃjina
• *ȃjitъ
• *ājьce
  • *ājьčьjь
  • *ājьčьnъ
    • *ājьčьnica
    • *ājьčьnikъ
• *ȃjьko
• *ȃjьno
• *ȃjьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *ꙗичьнꙗ (*jaičĭnja)
    • Old Ruthenian: *ꙗєчнꙗ (*jaječnja)
      • Belarusian: яе́чня (jajéčnja, “fried egg”)
      • Ukrainian: яє́шня f (jajéšnja, “fried egg”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьčьna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63