Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/basás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective edit

*basás[1][2]

  1. barefooted, unshod

Inflection edit

Mobile accent.

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: boss
    • Latvian: bass
    • Lithuanian: bãsas
  • Proto-Slavic: *bȏsъ (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 59:*bosós
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “basas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83:*bosós