Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bazь

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

Interjection

*bazь

1. (North Slavic) Alternative form of *basь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: базь-базь (bazʹ-bazʹ), базю́-базю́ (bazjú-bazjú) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ба́зя (bázja), ба́зка (bázka, “sheep, lamb”), базьу́к (bazʹúk), ба́зьо (bázʹo, “ram”)
  • Russian: базь-баз (bazʹ-baz) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: baži baži (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Czech: bažička (“sheep”)
  • Kashubian: baż
    • ⇒ Kashubian: bażã (“sheep”)
  • Polish: baź-baź, baziu-baziu (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Polish: bazia, baźka (“catkin, ament”)
  • ⇒ Slovak: bažička (“catkin”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bazia”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 23