Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oba

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 *abōˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *Ho-bʰoh₁, where the initial part is an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognate with Latvian abi, Lithuanian abù (“both”), Old Prussian abbai, Latin ambō, Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō), Sanskrit उभ (ubhá), and the second part is same as Proto-Germanic *bai.[1]

    Determiner

    *oba[2]

    1. both

    Declension

    Declension of *oba
    Dual Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *oba *obě *obě
    Accusative *oba *obě *obě
    Genitive *oboju *oboju *oboju
    Locative *oboju *oboju *oboju
    Dative *oběma *oběma *oběma
    Instrumental *oběma *oběma *oběma

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: оба (oba)
        • Old Ruthenian: о́ба (óba)
          • Belarusian: во́ба (vóba) (dialectal)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: о́ба (óba)
          • Ukrainian: оба́ (obá) (dialectal)
        • Russian: о́ба (óba)
      • Old Novgorodian: оба (oba)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: оба (oba)
        Glagolitic script: ⱁⰱⰰ (oba)
        • Bulgarian: о́ба (óba) (dialectal, poetic)
        • Macedonian: оба (oba)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: о̏ба
        Latin script: ȍba
      • Slovene: obȃ (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “ba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*oba, *obě, *oboji, *oboja, *oboje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 85

    Further reading

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