Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/basь

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

Alternative forms

*bazь

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

*basь[1]

(North Slavic) used to call out the sheep

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Ukrainian: ба́ська (básʹka, “sheep, lamb”)
- Russian: бась (basʹ), ба́ська-ба́ська (básʹka-básʹka), ба́ськи-ба́ськи (básʹki-básʹki), ба́ся-ба́ся (básja-básja), баш-баш (baš-baš)
  - ⇒ Russian: ба́ся (básja), ба́ша (báša, “sheep”)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: basz, baszka
  - ⇒ Kashubian: basza, baszka (“sheep”)
- Polish: baś-baś, basiu-basiu, basi-basi (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Polish: baśka (“sheep”)

References

Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “basь! bazь!”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 193