Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baviti

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰoHu-eye-, from *bʰuH-. Morphologically *byti +‎ *-iti.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian bùvintis (“to sojourn”). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भावयति (bhāváyati, “to cause to be, cherish, refresh”).

Verb

*bàviti impf

1. (reflexive) to linger
2. (transitive) to engage in, to entertain

   (by extension) → to delay

3. to accumulate, to add

Inflection

Related terms

Derived terms

• *bavьnъ (“slow, retard”)
• *bavežь (“slowing”)
• *bava (“fun, entertainment”)
• *zabava (“fun, entertainment”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ба́вити (báviti)
    • Belarusian: ба́віць (bávicʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ба́вити (bávyty)
  • Russian: -ба́вить (-bávitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ба́вя (bávja)
  • Macedonian: бави (bavi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̏вити

    Latin script: bȁviti

  • Slovene: báviti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bavit
  • Kashubian: bawic
  • Old Polish: bawić
    • Polish: bawić
  • Slovak: baviť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ба́вить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 168
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бавя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 23
• Sławski, Franciszek (1974), "baviti" in Słownik prasłowiański tom 1 A-B, Warsaw, Cracow

References