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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mama

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

A nursery word. Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-meh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- < *méh₂tēr (mother). Cognate with Lithuanian mamà, dialectal momà, Latvian mama.

Noun

*màma f[1]

  1. (childish) mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom (mother)

See also

Descendants

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mama”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 183

Further reading

  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “ма́ма”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 46
  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “ма́ма”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 565
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ма́ма”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 506
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мама”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 375
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1990), “ма́ма”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 6 (лі́ра – мая́чыць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 208
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