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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajitъ

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 +‎ *-itъ. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Adjective

*ȃjitъ

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: vajitý (“oval”) (dialectal)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajitъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
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