Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/basь

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

Alternative forms

• *bazь

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

*basь

1. (North Slavic) used to call out the sheep

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: ба́ська (básʹka, “sheep, lamb”)
  • Russian: бась (basʹ), ба́ська-ба́ська (básʹka-básʹka), ба́ськи-ба́ськи (básʹki-básʹki), ба́ся-ба́ся (básja-básja), баш-баш (baš-baš)
    • ⇒ Russian: ба́ся (básja), ба́ша (báša, “sheep”)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: basz, baszka
    • ⇒ Kashubian: basza, baszka (“sheep”)
  • Polish: baś-baś, basiu-basiu, basi-basi (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Polish: baśka (“sheep”)

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bazia”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 23