
jajce [n] = egg in Slovene
The word “egg” in all Indo-European languages comes from the same Proto-Indo-European word but they are so different now.
Slavic languages: яйце {jajce} (Ukrainian, Bulgarian), яйцо {jajco} (Russian, Belarusian), jajце {jajce} (Serbian, Macedonian), jajko/jajo (Polish), vajce (Slovak), vejce (Czech), jajo (Lower Sorbian), jejo (Upper Sorbian)
Celtic languages: ubh (Irish, Scottish), wy (Welsh), vi (Breton)
Germanic languages: egg (English, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese), ägg (Swedish), æg (Danish), Ei (German), ei (Dutch), aei/aai (West Frisian)
Romance languages: ovum (Latin), œuf (French), ovo (Portuguese), uovo (Italian), huevo (Spanish), ou (Romanian)
Hellenic: αβγo {avgo} (Greek)
Other: आँड़ {ā̃ṛ} (Hindi), ve (Albanian)
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