Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bā́ˀbāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From nursery language.^[1]

Noun

*bā́ˀbāˀ f^[2]^[3]

old woman

Inflection

Declension of *bā́ˀbāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bā́ˀbāˀ	*bā́ˀbāiˀ	*bā́ˀbās
Accusative	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾n	*bā́ˀbāiˀ	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾s	*bā́ˀbāu⁽ˀ⁾	*bā́ˀbōn
Locative	*bā́ˀbāiˀ	*bā́ˀbāu⁽ˀ⁾	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*bā́ˀbāi	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*bā́ˀbāˀn	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*bā́ˀbā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*bā́ˀba	*bā́ˀbāiˀ	*bā́ˀbās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: bõba
- Latvian: bãba
- Lithuanian: bóba
Proto-Slavic: *bàba (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “*báʔbaʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “boba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96: “*báʔbaʔ”

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

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “*báʔbaʔ”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “boba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96: “*báʔbaʔ”

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