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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/batę

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

Diminutive of a rare *batь + *-ę (attested in Bulgarian and Ukrainian).

Noun

*batę n

  1. older brother (or another male relative)
  2. daddy

Declension

See also

Derived terms

  • *batenьce (diminutive)
  • *batь, *batьko (elder relative)
  • *baťa (father)
  • *bratrъ (brother)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: батѧ (batę)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ба́те (báte), dial. ба́чо (báčo)
    • Macedonian: бате (bate) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: baťa (if not from *baťa)
    • Slovak: baťa (if not from *baťa)
  • Hungarian: bátya (possibly)
  • Romanian: bade (possibly)

Further reading

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