Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baňa
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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 Latin baneum (perhaps via a plural banea), variant of balneum (“bath; place for bathing”).
Noun
*bàňa f[1]
- bath, bathing, bathing place
- Synonym: *kǫpadlьňa
- dome
- bulging, domed vessel
- recess, depression, hollowed place
Declension
Declension of *bàňa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bàňa | *bàňi | *bàňę̇ |
| genitive | *bàňę̇ | *bàňu | *bàňь |
| dative | *bàňī | *bàňama | *bàňāmъ |
| accusative | *bàňǫ | *bàňi | *bàňę̇ |
| instrumental | *bàňējǫ, *bàňǭ* | *bàňama | *bàňāmī |
| locative | *bàňī | *bàňu | *bàňāsъ |
| vocative | *bàňe | *bàňi | *bàňę̇ |
* 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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ban'a”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 151
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*baňa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 189
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “banja -ě”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”