Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oba

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *abā, from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)-bʰoh₁, where the initial part is an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognate with Latvian abi, Lithuanian abu (both), Old Prussian abāi, Proto-Germanic *bai, Sanskrit उभय (ubhaya).[1]

Determiner[edit]

*oba[2]

  1. both

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: оба (oba)
    • Old Novgorodian: оба (oba)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “ba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*oba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 85

Further reading[edit]

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