Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prababa

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 *pra- +‎ *bàba (“grandmother”).

Noun

*pràbaba f[1]

  1. great-grandmother

Declension

Declension of *prababa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *prababa *prababě *prababy
genitive *prababy *prababu *prababъ
dative *prababě *prababama *prababamъ
accusative *prababǫ *prababě *prababy
instrumental *prababojǫ, *prababǫ** *prababama *prababami
locative *prababě *prababu *prababasъ, *prababaxъ*
vocative *prababo *prababě *prababy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*prā̱͘ bā͘ bā͘ «prababa»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 180
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