Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bala

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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

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Etymology

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Uncertain:

Compare also superficial homophone Ukrainian ба́ла (bála, enchanting) (< *badla), related to Proto-Slavic *balagovati (to mumble), *balakati (to babble, to make noise) (whence dial. Bulgarian бала́кам (balákam, to play in water)).

Noun

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*bala f

  1. (dialectal) marsh, moor, pool
    Synonyms: *molka, *kaluga, *luža
  2. (by association) ravine

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • *baly (probably)
    • Czech: balviště (large pond)
    • Slovene: balovína (feather grass)

Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: bala, balka (feather grass) (dial. Croatian)

From augmentative *bališče:

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: ба́лище (bályšče, depression, drainage) (dialectal)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*balъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 149
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “балакам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 28
  • bala”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 83 of 75–102:PSl. *balъka ‘ravine, pool’