Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/župa

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 1

Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gjaupāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewp-eh₂, from *gewp-, an extension of *gew-. Compare Proto-Germanic *kubô (“hut, cove”), Ancient Greek γῡ́πη (gū́pē, “den, cavity”).

Noun

*župa f

1. cavity, hole

   Synonym: *jama, *dupa, *dyra

Inflection

Declension of *župa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*župa	*župě	*župy
genitive	*župy	*župu	*župъ
dative	*župě	*župama	*župamъ
accusative	*župǫ	*župě	*župy
instrumental	*župojǫ, *župǫ**	*župama	*župami
locative	*župě	*župu	*župasъ, *župaxъ*
vocative	*župo	*župě	*župy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: (dialectal) жу́па (žúpa)
  • Ukrainian: жу́па (žúpa, “salt mine”)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: жоупиште (župište, “burial mound”)
  • Church Slavonic: жупа (župa) (Russian recension)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: żupa

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жупа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “жупа”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Etymology 2

Not entirely clear. Has been compared with Old English ġēap (“broad, spacious”), Lithuanian gaubti (“to cover”).

Noun

*župa f

2. area, region

   → administrative unit

Inflection

Declension of *župa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*župa	*župě	*župy
genitive	*župy	*župu	*župъ
dative	*župě	*župama	*župamъ
accusative	*župǫ	*župě	*župy
instrumental	*župojǫ, *župǫ**	*župama	*župami
locative	*župě	*župu	*župasъ, *župaxъ*
vocative	*župo	*župě	*župy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *županъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жупа (župa)
    • Russian: жу́па (žúpa)
    • Ukrainian: жу́па (žúpa, “region”) (ecclesiastical)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жоупа (župa)
  • Bulgarian: жу́па (žúpa) (historical)
  • Macedonian: жу́па (žúpa) (ecclesiastical)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (ecclesiastical)

    Cyrillic script: жу́па

    Latin script: žúpa

  • Slovene: žúpa (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: župa
  • Slovak: župa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: župa
    • Upper Sorbian: župa

References

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жупа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 559