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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.

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:

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
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