Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osoba

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-Balto-Slavic *asabāˀ.

Noun

*osoba f

person

Derived terms

*osobьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: асо́ба (asóba)
- Russian: осо́ба (osóba)
- Ukrainian: осо́ба (osóba)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: особа (osoba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: о̏соба
  Latin: ȍsoba
- Slovene: oséba
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: osoba
  - Czech: osoba
- Kashubian: òsoba
- Polish: osoba
- Slovak: osoba
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wosoba
    - → Lower Sorbian: wósoba

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “особа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress