Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobъ

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 Early Proto-Slavic *bábu.[1] From Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (bean). Cognate with Old Prussian babo, Latin faba, Proto-Germanic *baunō (whence English bean), Albanian bathë, Ancient Greek φακός (phakós, lentil).

Noun

*bòbъ m[2]

  1. bean, fava bean

Declension

Declension of *bòbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *bòbъ *bobà *bobì
genitive *bobà *bobù *bòbъ
dative *bobù *bobòma *bobòmъ
accusative *bòbъ *bobà *bobỳ
instrumental *bobъ̀mь, *bobòmь* *bobòma *bòby
locative *bobě̀ *bobù *bòběxъ
vocative *bobe *bobà *bobì

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бобъ (bobŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: бобъ (bobŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 67
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bobъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b bønne (PR 134; MP 19; RPT 85ff.)