Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/babъka

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*baba +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*babъka f

Inflection

Declension of *babъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*babъka	*babъcě	*babъky
genitive	*babъky	*babъku	*babъkъ
dative	*babъcě	*babъkama	*babъkamъ
accusative	*babъkǫ	*babъcě	*babъky
instrumental	babъkojǫ, babъkǫ^**	*babъkama	*babъkami
locative	*babъcě	*babъku	babъkasъ, babъkaxъ^*
vocative	*babъko	*babъcě	*babъky

^* -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:
- Russian: ба́бка (bábka)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ба́бка (bábka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ба́ка

Latin script: báka
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: babka
  - Polish: babka
- Old Slovak: babka
  - Pannonian Rusyn: бабка (babka, “doll”)
  - Slovak: babka

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