Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/batę

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

Diminutive of a rare *batь +‎ *-ę (attested in Bulgarian and Ukrainian).

Noun

*batę n

1. older brother (or another male relative)
2. daddy

Declension

Declension of *batę (nt-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*batę	*batęti	*batęta
genitive	*batęte	*batętu	*batętъ
dative	*batęti	*batętьma	*batętьmъ
accusative	*batę	*batęti	*batęta
instrumental	*batętьmь	*batętьma	*batęty
locative	*batęte	*batętu	*batętьxъ
vocative	*batę	*batęti	*batęta

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Derived terms

• *batenьce (diminutive)

Related terms

• *batь, *batьko (“elder relative”)
• *baťa (“father”)
• *bratrъ (“brother”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: батѧ (batę)
    • Belarusian: ба́ця (bácja)
    • Russian: ба́тя (bátja)
    • Ukrainian: ба́тя (bátja), ба́тьо (bátʹo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ба́те (báte), dial. ба́чо (báčo), баща́ (baštá)
  • Macedonian: бате (bate) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: baťa (if not from *baťa)
  • Slovak: baťa (if not from *baťa)

• → Hungarian: bátya (possibly)
• → Romanian: bade (possibly)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “батя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бате”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 36