Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/basъ

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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]

Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀsas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-s-os, from *bʰeh₂- (to shine). Cognate with Sanskrit भासस् (bhā́sas, brightness, light, lustre), भासति (bhā́sati, shines), भास् (bhā́s, light, brilliance), Ancient Greek φάος (pháos, light).

Aleksandr Gerd suggests origin from pre-Slavic substratum of northeastern Europe.[1]

Adjective[edit]

*bàsъ

  1. (possibly, originally) bright, shining
  2. (possibly) beautiful, pretty, decorated, splendid

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Possibly:

  • *basiti (to dress smartly, show beauty) < *bas- + *-iti
    • East Slavic:
      • Russian: баси́ть (basítʹ, dress up; flaunt) (Northern dialects)[2]
        • Russian: баси́ла (basíla), баси́ло (basílo, dandy, fop, beau; hooligan) (Northeastern dialects)
          • ? Belarusian: басíла (basíla, idler, loafer, lazybones) (dialectal)
  • *basovati (to stand out, to act out, to frolic) < *bas- + *-ovati
    • East Slavic:

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бас V”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 241
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*basъkъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 162
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*nabasъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 202
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebasъ, *nebasъkъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 98

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gerd, A. S., editor (1995), Севернорусские говоры [Northern Russian dialects] (in Russian), number 6, Saint Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Publishing House, pages 89–90
  2. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “баси́ть IV”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 247
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “басува́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 149
  4. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “басовáть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 253
  5. ^ Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “баса”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  6. ^ Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “бас”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 37