Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževina

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 *eževъ (“hedgehog-related”) +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*eževina f

Declension

Declension of *eževina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*eževina	*eževině	*eževiny
genitive	*eževiny	*eževinu	*eževinъ
dative	*eževině	*eževinama	*eževinamъ
accusative	*eževinǫ	*eževině	*eževiny
instrumental	eževinojǫ, eževinǫ^**	*eževinama	*eževinami
locative	*eževině	*eževinu	eževinasъ, eževinaxъ^*
vocative	*eževino	*eževině	*eževiny

^* -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).

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жаві́ны (žavíny), жеви́ны (žjevíny); ажаві́на (ažavína) (dialectal)
- Russian: ежеви́на (ježevína), ежо́вина (ježóvina)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ежови́на (ežovína); е́жо̣вина (éžọvina) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: јежевина, ежевина, јѐжевина, је́жевина
  
  Latin script: ježevina, eževina, jèževina, jéževina
- Slovene: ježevína
West Slavic:
- Czech: ježovina