Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/batь

Etymology
Usually viewed as a baby-word or a borrowing: Morphologically resembles kin terms in, including , ,.
 * Berneker, Machek: Baby-talk modification of.
 * Sobolevsky: Ultimately of origin, probably from 🇨🇬. According to Miklošič, possibly borrowed via an intermediate Turkic language (compare 🇨🇬 or the title of Bat Bayan, an Oghur-Bulghar prince).
 * Orel: From a Paleo-Balkan substrate, possibly cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. May be further akin to 🇨🇬 (gen. ).

Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Further reminiscent of 🇨🇬, dial. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) elder relative or respected acquaintance
 * 2)  role model

Descendants

 * East Slavic:
 * South Slavic:
 * South Slavic: