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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežakъ

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”) +‎ *-akъ (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*ežàkъ m

  1. hedgehog

Declension
Declension of *ežakъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ežakъ *ežaka *ežaci
genitive *ežaka *ežaku *ežakъ
dative *ežaku *ežakoma *ežakomъ
accusative *ežakъ *ežaka *ežaky
instrumental *ežakъmь, *ežakomь* *ežakoma *ežaky
locative *ežacě *ežaku *ežacěxъ
vocative *ežače *ežaka *ežaci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ежакъ (*ežakŭ)
      • Russian: ежа́к (ježák) (regional)
      • Ukrainian: їжа́к (jižák); єжу́к (ježúk) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: їжачи́ч (jižačýč) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ježák
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: jěžak

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ežakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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