Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьno

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 *ȃje (egg) +‎ *-ьno.

Noun

*ājьnò n

  1. amnion

Declension

Declension of *ājьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *ājьnò *ajь̀ně *ājьnà
genitive *ājьnà *ājьnù *ajь̀nъ
dative *ājьnù *ājьnòma *ājьnòmъ
accusative *ājьnò *ajь̀ně *ājьnà
instrumental *ājьnъ̀mь, *ājьnòmь* *ājьnòma *ajь̀ny
locative *ājьně̀ *ājьnù *ajь̀něxъ
vocative *ājьnò *ajь̀ně *ājьnà

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

  • *ajьnъ (egg-related)
    • *ajьnikъ (egg product)
    • *ajina (eggshell)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: яйно́ (jajnó, amnion) (archaic)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64