баволна

Old Ruthenian

баво́лна (cotton plant)

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1407. Borrowed from Old Czech bavlna and Old Polish bawełna, later reinforced by Czech bavlna and Polish bawełna. Further from Middle High German boumwolle (compare Old Polish boumwol), whence modern German Baumwolle, dialectal bawele, bauwele.[1][2] Alternatively, proposed borrowing from Italian bavella (raw silk), from Medieval Latin malvella.[3][4]

The -vl-, -weł- changed to -вол-, -вов- under the influence of во́лна, во́вна (wool). Accent on the first syllable ба́- due to Czech influence. Doublet of баве́лна.

Noun

баво́лна or ба́волна (transliteration needed or transliteration needed) f inan

  1. cotton (fiber harvested from a plant of the genus Gossypium; textile made from this)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: баво́ўна (bavóŭna); ба́ваўна (bávaŭna) (obsolete)
  • Ukrainian: баво́вна (bavóvna); ба́волна (bávolna), ба́волня (bávolnja), бавольна (bavolʹna), ба́вільна (bávilʹna), ба́вільня (bávilʹnja), ба́вона (bávona), ба́вина (bávyna), ба́вна (bávna), ба́вуна (bávuna), баволь (bavolʹ) (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: баволна (bavolna)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), ба́во́вна”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 107: “ст. баволна (1408), бавовна, бавелна (XVIII ст.)”
  2. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972), ба́во́вна”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 1 (А – Ґ), issue 1–11, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 47: “MUk. ба́вовна (1627), OES. баволна (1407)”
  3. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), баво́ўна”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 260
  4. Anikin, A. E. (2008), бавовна”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 46:баволна XV в.”

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