Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobъ

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 Early Proto-Slavic *bábu.[1] From Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (bean). Cognate with Old Prussian babo, Latin faba, Proto-Germanic *baunō (whence English bean), Albanian bathë, Ancient Greek φακός (phakós, lentil).

Noun edit

*bòbъ m[2]

  1. bean, fava bean

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бобъ (bobŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: бобъ (bobŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References edit

  1. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 67
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “bobъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bønne (PR 134; MP 19; RPT 85ff.)”