Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oba dъva

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

Compare Lithuanian abùdu, Latvian abadui, Ashkun vëdú, Italian ambedue, Old French ambedeus, Old English bātwā, būtū, English both.

Numeral

*oba dъva

1. both

   Synonym: *oba

Declension

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: оба дъва (oba dŭva)
    • Old Ruthenian: обадва (obadva)
      • Belarusian: або́два (abódva), аба́два (abádva)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: оба́ два (obá dva)
      • Ukrainian: оби́два (obýdva)
    • Russian: (dialectal) оба́два (obádva), обэ́два (obɛ́dva)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: (dialectal) о́бъдвъ (óbǎdv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏бадва̄

    Latin script: ȍbadvā

  • Slovene: obádva, óbedva, (dialectal) obàdva, obèdva
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: oba dva
    • Czech: obadva
  • Old Polish: obadwa
    • Polish: obydwa, (obsolete, regional) obadwa
    • Silesian: ôbadwa
  • Old Slovak: obadva, obidva
    • Pannonian Rusyn: обадве (obadve)
    • Slovak: obadva, obidva
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: òbadwa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: hoběj dwa
    • Upper Sorbian: wobaj dwaj

Further reading

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obadwa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 2, →ISBN, page 330
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obydwa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 2, →ISBN, page 356
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “оби́два”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “oba”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 393
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́ба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress