Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oba dъva

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

Compare Lithuanian abùdu, Latvian abadui, Ashkun vëdú, Italian ambedue, Old French ambedeus, Old English bātwā, būtū, English both.

Numeral

*oba dъva[1]

  1. both
    Synonym: *oba

Declension

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: оба дъва (oba dŭva)
      • Old Ruthenian: обадва (obadva)
        • Belarusian: або́два (abódva), аба́два (abádva)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: оба́ два (obá dva)
        • Ukrainian: оби́два (obýdva)
      • Russian: (dialectal) оба́два (obádva), обэ́два (obɛ́dva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: (dialectal) о́бъдвъ (óbǎdv)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̏бадва̄
      Latin script: ȍbadvā
    • Slovene: obádva, óbedva, (dialectal) obàdva, obèdva
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: oba dva
    • Old Polish: obadwa
      • Polish: obydwa, (obsolete, regional) obadwa
      • Silesian: ôbadwa
    • Old Slovak: obadva, obidva
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: òbadwa
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: hoběj dwa
      • Upper Sorbian: wobaj dwaj

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*oba dъva, *obě dъvě”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 88

Further reading

  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obadwa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 2, →ISBN, page 330
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obydwa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 2, →ISBN, page 356
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “оби́два”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016) “oba”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 393
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́ба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress