Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajęcь

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

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*zàję̄cь sědĩtь stьrni

Etymology

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From an earlier *zajękъ (still reflected in Bulgarian and Macedonian), via progressive palatalization. Possibly inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas,[1] cognate[2] with dial. Lithuanian zuĩkis < *zuojįkas (however, not Latvian zaķis, which looks like a Slavic borrowing). Further origin uncertain:

Shares ending with Proto-Slavic *měsęcь (month), *koręcь (root), probably resultant from a k-extension over an older n-stem[3]. Further attested in animal names: e.g. Bulgarian пуяк ~ пуек (pujak ~ puek, male fowl), суяк ~ суек (sujak ~ suek, ground squirrel), dial. козяк ~ козек (kozjak ~ kozek, buck); and in diminutives: e.g. Bulgarian ма́лечко (málečko), па́лечко (pálečko) < мале (male), пале (pale) + *-ęč-ьko.

Noun

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*zàję̄cь m[4][5]

  1. rabbit, hare

Alternative forms

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It is likely that such a form did not exist, where a morphological replacement of the suffix simply took place.

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “за́яц”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 318
  2. ^ T. Skikevich, 2007: Балто-славянский период в формировании лексики русского языка (на примере наименований диких животных) at Materials from International Linguistic Conference at Ryazan State University, May 2007, , page 183
  3. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -cь, -ce”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 97:zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “zȃjec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*za̋jęcь
  5. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zajęcь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132)

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