Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajitъ

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

Adjective

*ȃjitъ

Related terms

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: vajitý (“oval”) (dialectal)

Further reading

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