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This Proto-Balto-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.
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂o(m)-bʰóh₁ (o-grade), from *h₂m̥-bʰóh₁ (zero-grade), from *bʰóh₁. Cognate with Latin ambō, Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō), Tocharian A āmpi.
Pronoun
*abōˀ
- both
Derived terms
- *abōˀ duwōˀ
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: abadui
- Old Lithuanian: abùdu
- Proto-Slavic: *oba dъva (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: abi
- Old Lithuanian: abù
- West Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *oba (see there for further descendants)