Old Novgorodian edit

ꙗиче (sense 1)

Etymology edit

PIE word
*h₂ōwyóm

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ajьce, from *ȃje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Old East Slavic ꙗице (jaice), Old Ruthenian ꙗйце (jajce).

Noun edit

ꙗиче (jaičen

  1. egg
    • c. 1360‒1380, Берестяная грамота № 254 [Birchbark letter no. 254]‎[2], Novgorod:
      … [ст]а ѧече а е[си](ѳ)[у] …
      … [st]a ęeče a e[si](θ)[u] …
      … a hundred eggs and Joseph …

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ ѧече (letter no. 254), c. 1360‒1380”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  2. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “ꙗице”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 821

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