Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫba

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 a Proto-Indo-European expressive root *bew-, *bow- (“to swell; ball”); see βῠβός (bŭbós, “full, great”)

Noun

*bǫba f

  1. larva
  2. bug (in general)

Inflection

Declension of *bǫba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bǫba *bǫbě *bǫby
genitive *bǫby *bǫbu *bǫbъ
dative *bǫbě *bǫbama *bǫbamъ
accusative *bǫbǫ *bǫbě *bǫby
instrumental *bǫbojǫ, *bǫbǫ** *bǫbama *bǫbami
locative *bǫbě *bǫbu *bǫbasъ, *bǫbaxъ*
vocative *bǫbo *bǫbě *bǫby

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бу́ба (búba)
    • Russian: бу́ба (búba)
    • Ukrainian: бу́ба (búba)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, pages 229-230
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бу́ба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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