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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъgati

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 *bʰewgʰ- (to bend, to bow), related to Proto-Germanic *beuganą (to bow). Likely akin to Proto-Slavic *gubiti (to destroy, to wreck), Proto-Slavic *gъbnǫ̀ti (to bend) via metathesis. Further related to Lithuanian baũgurs (highland).

Formally resembling Lithuanian baugùs (fearful)[1].

Verb

*bъgati impf

  1. to bend

Conjugation

  • *buga (oxbow lake, wetland, mold; riverbank)
  • *bugrъ (hillock)
  • *bugъla (hardship, concern)

Derived terms

  • *bъgadlo (bending tool)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бгаць (bhacʹ, to poke)
    • Russian: бгать (bgatʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: бга́ти (bháty)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “baugus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
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