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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

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 115
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бгать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 86

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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