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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъgati

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*bъgati impf

  1. to bend

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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  • 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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 86

References

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  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