Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagno
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Cognate with Lithuanian bognà (“swamp”), either borrowed from Slavic or possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bōgnás (as per Miklošič, Holub-Kopečný). Perhaps equivalent to *bagťi (“to ignite, to instigate”) + *-no, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g- (“to bake”). Proposed explanations:
- Brückner, Mladenov, Sławski: In association with the vibrant, auburn coloration of (some) marshes. Parallel to likely cognate Proto-Slavic *bagrъ (“hue”), whence Ukrainian багри́на (bahrýna, “swamp”), Slovak bahurina (“wetland”).
- Machek: In reference to the stagnant water in marshes. Similar to Latin stāgnum (“standing water, pond”).
- Kott: In reference to the odour of decaying vegetation in swamps and marshes, as in Czech bahnina (“marshy, peat odor”).
- Georgiev: Presumably generalized from an earlier meaning “hot spring”, indirectly attested in toponyms Bulgarian Банкя (Bankja), Багнище (Bagnište). Compare analogous toponym Thracian Γέρμων (Gérmōn, “German”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to burn”)).
Derksen alternatively considers a substrate origin (from Pre-Slavic *bʰogʰ-), akin to Dutch bagger (“mud, filth”).
Classically compared with Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“beck, brook”) (alternatively reconstructed as *bakkiz, as in Old Norse bekkr, possibly an i-stem derivative of hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷr̥ (“running water”)) or *bʰeg- (“to bend; wave; bank, shore”). Usually dismissed since Slavic data points towards a standing body of water.
Noun
Alternative forms
- *bagňa (ja-stem)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bāgnò | *bãgně | *bāgnà |
| genitive | *bāgnà | *bāgnù | *bãgnъ |
| dative | *bāgnù | *bāgnòma | *bāgnòmъ |
| accusative | *bāgnò | *bãgně | *bāgnà |
| instrumental | *bāgnъ̀mь, *bāgnòmь* | *bāgnòma | *bãgny |
| locative | *bāgně̀ | *bāgnù | *bãgněxъ |
| vocative | *bāgnò | *bãgně | *bāgnà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *bagnišče (augmentative)
- *bagnina, *bagnьje (“wetland”)
- *bagňakъ (“turf, peat”)
- *bagnьnъ *bagnistъ (“swampy”)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “багно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bagno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
- “bogna”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bagnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33: “n. o (b?) ‘marsh’”