ꙗице

See also: аице

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

ꙗице (jaice) n

  1. egg (of a bird)

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: ꙗйце (jajce), ꙗйцо (jajco), єйцо (jejco)
    • Belarusian: яйцо́ (jajcó)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: я́йце (jájce)
    • Ukrainian: яйце́ (jajcé)
  • Russian: яйцо́ (jajcó)

Further reading
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙗице”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1651
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