# баволна
## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* баво́вна (bavóvna), бавальна (bavalʹna)

### Etymology

First attested in 1407. Borrowed from Old Czech bavlna and Old Polish bawełna, later reinforced by Czech bavlna and Polish bawełna. Further from Middle High German boumwolle (compare Old Polish boumwol), whence modern German Baumwolle, dialectal bawele, bauwele. Alternatively, proposed borrowing from Italian bavella (“raw silk”), from Medieval Latin malvella.
The -vl-, -weł- changed to -вол- (-vol-), -вов- (-vov-) under the influence of во́лна (vólna), во́вна (vóvna, “wool”). Accent on the first syllable ба́- (bá-) due to Czech influence. Doublet of баве́лна (bavélna).

### Noun

баволна • (bavolna) f inan
* cotton (fiber harvested from a plant of the genus Gossypium; textile made from this)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: баво́ўна (bavóŭna); ба́ваўна (bávaŭna) (obsolete)
* Ukrainian: баво́вна (bavóvna); ба́волна (bávolna), ба́волня (bávolnja), бавольна (bavolʹna), ба́вільна (bávilʹna), ба́вільня (bávilʹnja), ба́вона (bávona), ба́вина (bávyna), ба́вна (bávna), ба́вуна (bávuna), баволь (bavolʹ) (dialectal)
* → Middle Russian: баволна (bavolna)
** Russian: баволна (bavolna)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ба́во́вна”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 107: “ст. баволна (1408), бавовна, бавелна (XVIII ст.) ― st. bavolna (1408), bavovna, bavelna (XVIII st.)”
* ↑ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “ба́во́вна”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 47: “MUk. ба́вовна (1627), OES. баволна (1407)”
* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “баво́ўна”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 260
* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бавовна”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 46: “баволна XV в. ― bavolna XV v.”

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бавовна; баволна”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 47
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*баволна”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 82
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “баволна, бавальна, бавелна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 173
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “баволна”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 7
* Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “баволна”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 39