Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bā́ˀbāˀ

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.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From nursery language.[1]

    Noun

    *bā́ˀbāˀ f[2][3]

    1. old woman

    Inflection

    Declension of *bā́ˀbāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bā́ˀbāˀ *bā́ˀbāiˀ *bā́ˀbās
    accusative *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)n *bā́ˀbāiˀ *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)ns
    genitive *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)s *bā́ˀbāu(ˀ) *bā́ˀbōn
    locative *bā́ˀbāiˀ *bā́ˀbāu(ˀ) *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)su
    dative *bā́ˀbāi *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)mas
    instrumental *bā́ˀbāˀn *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)māˀ *bā́ˀbā(ˀ)mīˀs
    vocative *bā́ˀba *bā́ˀbāiˀ *bā́ˀbās

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: bõba
      • Latvian: bãba
      • Lithuanian: bóba
    • Proto-Slavic: *bàba (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “баба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bàba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “*báʔbaʔ”
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “boba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96: “*báʔbaʔ”
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