Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baňa

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Latin baneum (perhaps via a plural banea), variant of balneum (bath; place for bathing).

Noun edit

*bàňa f[1]

  1. bath, bathing, bathing place
    Synonym: *kǫpadlьňa
  2. dome
  3. bulging, domed vessel
  4. recess, depression, hollowed place

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ban'a”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 151
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*baňa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 189

References edit

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “banja -ě”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132)