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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 (bubós, full, great)

Noun

*bǫba f

  1. larva
  2. bug (in general)

Inflection

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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