Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьno

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 (“egg”) +‎ *-ьno.

Noun

*ājьnò n

1. amnion

Declension

Declension of *ājьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ājьnò	*ajь̀ně	*ājьnà
genitive	*ājьnà	*ājьnù	*ajь̀nъ
dative	*ājьnù	*ājьnòma	*ājьnòmъ
accusative	*ājьnò	*ajь̀ně	*ājьnà
instrumental	*ājьnъ̀mь, *ājьnòmь*	*ājьnòma	*ajь̀ny
locative	*ājьně̀	*ājьnù	*ajь̀něxъ
vocative	*ājьnò	*ajь̀ně	*ājьnà

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

Related terms

• *ajьnъ (“egg-related”)
  • *ajьnikъ (“egg product”)
  • *ajina (“eggshell”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: яйно́ (jajnó, “amnion”) (archaic)

Further reading

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