Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьnъ

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

Adjective

*ājьčьnъ

Derived terms

• *ājьčьnica
• *ājьčьnikъ

Related terms

• *ȃjatъ
• *ȃjina
• *ȃjitъ
• *ājьce
  • *ājьčьjь
  • *ājьčьna
• *ȃjьko
• *ȃjьno
• *ȃjьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ꙗєчный (jaječnyj), єєчный (jeječnyj)
    • Belarusian: яе́чны (jajéčny)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: яи́чный (jaýčnŷj)
    • Ukrainian: яє́чний (jajéčnyj), яє́шний (jajéšnyj)
  • Russian: яи́чный (jaíčnyj, “from egg”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́йчен (jájčen, “from egg”)
  • Macedonian: јајчен (jajčen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: јајчан, јајчен

    Latin script: јaјčan, јaјčen

  • Slovene: jájčen (“from egg”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vaječný (“from egg”)
  • Polish: jajeczny (“from egg”)
  • Slovak: vaječný (“from egg”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьčьnъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64