Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫbota

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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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Borrowed from Latin (either Medieval Latin sabbatum or Vulgar Latin *sambatum), from Ancient Greek σάββᾱτον (sábbāton), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ, sabbath).

Noun

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*sǫbota f

  1. Saturday

Declension

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See also

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Days of the week in Proto-Slavic · *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne (layout · text)
*neděľa *ponedělъkъ
*ponedělьnikъ
*vъtorъkъ
*vъtorьnikъ
*serda *četvьrtъkъ *pętъkъ *sǫbota

Descendants

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The East and South Slavic languages have a form that derives from a nasal variant *sǫbota. The West Slavic forms have no nasal, *sobota.

  • Non-Slavic languages:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “суббо́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress