Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/basás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

*basás^[1]^[2]

barefooted, unshod

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: boss
- Latvian: bass
- Lithuanian: bãsas
Proto-Slavic: *bȏsъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59: “*bosós”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “basas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83: “*bosós”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59: “*bosós”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “basas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83: “*bosós”

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