Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mā́ˀmāˀ

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

A nursery word. Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-meh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- < *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Noun

*mā́ˀmāˀ f

  1. mama (mother)

Inflection

Declension of *mā́ˀmāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *mā́ˀmāˀ *mā́ˀmāiˀ *mā́ˀmās
accusative *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)n *mā́ˀmāiˀ *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)ns
genitive *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)s *mā́ˀmāu(ˀ) *mā́ˀmōn
locative *mā́ˀmāiˀ *mā́ˀmāu(ˀ) *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)su
dative *mā́ˀmāi *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *mā́ˀmāˀn *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)māˀ *mā́ˀmā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *mā́ˀma *mā́ˀmāiˀ *mā́ˀmās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: māma; mama (dialectal)
    • Latvian: mama
    • Lithuanian: mamà; momà (dialectal)
  • Proto-Slavic: *màma (see there for further descendants)
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