Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baba ęga

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

*bàba ęga (sense 1)

Etymology

Compound of *bàba +‎ *ęga.

Noun

*bàba ęga f

2. Baba Yaga
3. old witch, hag

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Ба́ба Ѧга́ (Bába Jęgá), Ѧга́ Ба́ба (Jęgá Bába)
    • Old Ruthenian: Ба́ба Ѧга́ (Bába Jahá)
      • Belarusian: Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jahá)
      • Ukrainian: Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jahá); Язіба́ба (Jazibába) (dialectal)
    • Russian: Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá)
      • → Bulgarian: Ба́ба Я́га (Bába Jága)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: Баба Јага

        Latin script: Baba Jaga

      • → Slovene: Jaga baba
    • → Polish: Baba Jaga, Baba-Jaga
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: Баба Рога (Baba Roga)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бабаро́га

    Latin script: babaróga

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Baba Jaga; ježibaba
  • Kashubian: jãdzëbaba
  • Polish: Baba Jędza
  • Slovak: Baba Jaga; ježibaba; jedžibaba, jenzibaba, jendžibaba, jendžibaba (dialectal)
    • → Ukrainian: инджиба́ба (yndžybába) (dialectal)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: Baba Iaga