Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koprъ
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- ~ *kʷap- (“to boil, to steam”) + *-rъ, cognate with Ancient Greek κύπειρον (kúpeiron), κύπερος (kúperos, “galingale”). Related to possibly Latin vapor.
The meaning of the Slavic term is likely aromatic one, attested also in Lithuanian kvapas (“aroma, odor”).
Noun edit
*koprъ m[1]
Alternative forms edit
Declension edit
Declension of *koprъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koprъ | *kopra | *kopri |
| genitive | *kopra | *kopru | *koprъ |
| dative | *kopru | *koproma | *kopromъ |
| accusative | *koprъ | *kopra | *kopry |
| instrumental | *koprъmь, *kopromь* | *koproma | *kopry |
| locative | *koprě | *kopru | *koprěxъ |
| vocative | *kopre | *kopra | *kopri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*koprъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 26
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копёр”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “копър”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 624
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*koprъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 233: “m. o ‘dill’”