Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baba
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *bàba (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bàba | *bàbě | *bàby |
| genitive | *bàby | *bàbu | *bàbъ |
| dative | *bàbě | *bàbama | *bàbamъ |
| accusative | *bàbǫ | *bàbě | *bàby |
| instrumental | *bàbojǫ, *bàbǭ** | *bàbama | *bàbamī |
| locative | *bàbě | *bàbu | *bàbasъ, *bàbaxъ* |
| vocative | *bàbo | *bàbě | *bàby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also
Proto-Slavic family terms
| *sěmьja, *rodina (“family”) | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| parent | *otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata |
*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama |
| sibling | *bratrъ (“brother”) | *sestra (“sister”) |
| child | *synъ (“son”) | *dъťi (“daughter”) |
| grandparent | – (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana |
*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena |
| grandchild | *vъnukъ (“grandson”) | *vъnuka (“granddaughter”) |
| stepparent | *otьčimъ (“stepfather”) | *maťexa (“stepmother”) |
| stepchild | *pastorъkъ (“stepson”) | *pastorъka (“stepdaughter”) |
| father's sibling | *strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola |
– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| mother's sibling | *ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola |
– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| sibling's child | *netьjь (“nephew”) | *nestera (“niece”) |
| spouse | *mǫžь (“husband”) | *žena (“wife”) |
| parent of wife | *tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) | *tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | *svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”) | *svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of wife | *šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”) | *svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”) |
| sibling of husband | *děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | *zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | *zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | *snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | *ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: ба́ба (bába)
- Macedonian: ба́ба (bába)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Chakavian Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Novi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.: bȁba (“midwife”)
- Chakavian Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Vrgada" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.: bȁba (“grandmother, midwife”)
- Slovene: bába (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- → Aromanian: babã
- → Greek: βαβά (vavá), βάβα (váva)
- → Hungarian: bába
- → Middle High German: bābe, bōbe
- → Romanian: babă
- → Yiddish: באָבע (bobe)
Further reading
- “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- “*baba”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1974–2001, page 169ff
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 01 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 32: “f. ā (a) ‘old woman’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “baba -y”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22, 69, 166, 199; PR 132; MP 17; RPT 110)”