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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežina
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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”) + *-ina.
Compare with Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”) + *-iHnos.
Noun
*ežina f
Declension
Declension of *ežina (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ežina | *ežině | *ežiny |
| Accusative | *ežinǫ | *ežině | *ežiny |
| Genitive | *ežiny | *ežinu | *ežinъ |
| Locative | *ežině | *ežinu | *ežinasъ, *ežinaxъ* |
| Dative | *ežině | *ežinama | *ežinamъ |
| Instrumental | *ežinojǫ, *ežinǫ** | *ežinama | *ežinami |
| Vocative | *ežino | *ežině | *ežiny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јѐжина
- Latin: jèžina
- ⇒ Cyrillic: јежиница
- ⇒ Latin: ježinica
- Slovene: jéžinja
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ežina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
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