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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *bajāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyH-eh₂-ti, from *bʰeyH- (to fear). Cognate with Lithuanian bijóti, bijótis (to be afraid), Latvian bijât, bijâtiês (to be afraid), bîtiês (to be afraid), Old Prussian biātwei (to be afraid), Lithuanian bajùs (fearful), báimė, báilė (fear), Sanskrit भयते (bháyate), बिभेति (bibhéti, to fear, to be afraid), भीत (bhītá, afraid), भीति (bhīti, fear), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (bayente, (they) are afraid), Old Irish báigul (danger).

Verb

*bojàti impf [1][2]

  1. (reflexive) to fear, to be afraid

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bát
    • Polabian: bet
    • Polish: bać
    • Slovak: bať
    • Slovincian: bʉ̀ɵ̯jĕc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: bojeć
      • Lower Sorbian: bójaś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50: “v. ‘fear, be afraid’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), bojati (sę): bojǫ bojitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c frygte (PR 139)”
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