Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prababa

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

From *pra- +‎ *bàba (“grandmother”).

Noun

*pràbaba f

1. great-grandmother

Declension

Declension of *prababa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prababa	*prababě	*prababy
genitive	*prababy	*prababu	*prababъ
dative	*prababě	*prababama	*prababamъ
accusative	*prababǫ	*prababě	*prababy
instrumental	*prababojǫ, *prababǫ**	*prababama	*prababami
locative	*prababě	*prababu	*prababasъ, *prababaxъ*
vocative	*prababo	*prababě	*prababy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: прабаба (prababa)
    • Old Ruthenian: прабаба (prababa)
      • Ukrainian: праба́ба (prabába)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: прабаба (prababa)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⰰⰱⰰⰱⰰ (prababa)

    • Bulgarian: пра́баба (prábaba)
    • Macedonian: прабаба (prababa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пра̀баба

    Latin script: pràbaba

  • Slovene: prábába (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: prabába
  • Old Polish: prababa
    • Polish: prababa
  • Slovak: prababa