Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/balakati

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 *bal-, *bala- +‎ *-kati. Compare Latin balbus, Lithuanian balãzyti, Sanskrit बल्बला (balbalā). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

*balàkati impf

1. to speak, to talk, to chatter
2. to splash in water

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: бала́кати (balákati)
    • Belarusian: бала́каць (balákacʹ)
    • Ukrainian: бала́кати (balákaty), бала́катися (balákatysja); бала́кать (balákatʹ), баля́кати (baljákaty) (dialectal)
      • → Polish: bałakać (dialectal)
  • Russian: бала́кать (balákatʹ); бала́каться (balákatʹsja) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бала́кам (balákam) (dialectal)
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: balakati (18ᵗʰ cent.)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: baláchať

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*balakati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 145
• Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bal(a)kati; bal(a)chati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 184
• Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бала́кать I; бала́кать II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 118
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бала́кати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 123
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “бала́кати”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 61
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “бала́каць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бала́кам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 28