Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ba

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

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (affirmative adverb), cognate with Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, “like, as”)[1], Avestan 𐬠𐬁‎ (bā, “indeed”).

Particle

*ba

yes, yeah (a term used to indicate general agreement)
Synonym: *da

Antonym: *ne
indeed
→ wow, really (interjection expressing surprise, astonishment)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ба (ba) (rare)
- Ukrainian: ба (ba, “Wow!”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ба (ba) (rare)
- Macedonian: ба (ba) (rare, dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ба̏ (“wow!”)
  
  Latin: bȁ (“wow!”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: ba
- Old Polish: ba
  - Polish: ba
- Slovak: ba
- Sorbian
  - Lower Sorbian: ba

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1565

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[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1565