Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьnikъ

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 *ajьce (“egg”) +‎ *-ьnikъ or equivalently *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*ȃjьčьnikъ m

1. egg product or egg-like object

   Synonym: *ȃjьnikъ

   → egg dish

   → ovary (late calque of Latin ōvārium)

Alternative forms

• *ajьčénikъ

Declension

Declension of *ȃjьčьnikъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȃjьčьnikъ	*ȃjьčьnika	*ȃjьčьnici
genitive	*ȃjьčьnika	*ajьčьnikù	*ajьčьnĩkъ
dative	*ȃjьčьniku	*ajьčьnikomà	*ajьčьnikòmъ
accusative	*ȃjьčьnikъ	*ȃjьčьnika	*ȃjьčьniky
instrumental	*ȃjьčьnikъmь, *ȃjьčьnikomь*	*ajьčьnikomà	*ajьčьniký
locative	*ȃjьčьnicě	*ajьčьnikù	*ajьčьnicě̃xъ
vocative	*ajьčьniče	*ȃjьčьnika	*ȃjьčьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *ajьnъ (“egg-related”)
  • *ajьnikъ (“egg product”)
• *ajьce, *ajьko (“egg”)
  • *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
    • *ajьčьnica (“egg dish”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: яе́чнік (jajéčnik, “ovary”)
  • Russian: яи́чник (jaíčnik, “ovary”)
  • Ukrainian: яє́чник (jajéčnyk, “ovary”), яє́шник (jajéšnyk, “Caesar's mushroom”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́йчник (jájčnik, “ovary”), яйче́ник (jajčénik, “dish with eggs; fried egg”) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: јајчник (jajčnik, “ovary”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: јајченик, јајчаник (“dish with eggs”) (dialectal)

    Latin script: jajčenik, jajčanik (“dish with eggs”) (dialectal)

  • Slovene: jȃjčnik (“dish with eggs; fried egg”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vaječník (“fried egg; ovary”)
  • Slovak: vaječník (“ovary”)

Further reading

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