Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežikъ

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 *ežь (“hedgehog”) +‎ *-ikъ (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*ežikъ m

hedgehog

Declension

Declension of *ežikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ežikъ	*ežika	*ežici
genitive	*ežika	*ežiku	*ežikъ
dative	*ežiku	*ežikoma	*ežikomъ
accusative	*ežikъ	*ežika	*ežiky
instrumental	ežikъmь, ežikomь^*	*ežikoma	*ežiky
locative	*ežicě	*ežiku	*ežicěxъ
vocative	*ežiče	*ežika	*ežici

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

Related terms

*ežakъ
*eževъ(jь)
- *eževica, *eževika
- *eževina
*ežica, *ežika
*ežina
*ežiti (sę)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *ѥжикъ (*ježikŭ), ожикъ (ožikŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: єжикъ (ježik), ожикъ (ožik)
    - Belarusian: во́жык (vóžyk)
    - Ukrainian: ї́жик (jížyk) (dialectal)
  - Russian: ёжик (jóžik)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: е́же̂к (éžêk) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: ježík
- Polish: jeżyk
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: ježyk