Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сапогъ (sapogŭ), with further origin unclear.

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Noun edit

сапо́г (sapógm

  1. (historical) old-style boot or rugged shoe

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic сапогъ (sapogŭ). Obscure etymology:

  • Per Vasmer, from сопе́ть (sopétʹ) +‎ -ог (-og), compare сопе́ль (sopélʹ) 'wind instrument', 'pipe'. The modern Russian сапо́г means shoes with a high top, what explains the similarity with the pipe. This etymology encounters phonetic difficulties if we take into account сопе́ть (sopet') as a source, because Old East Slavic or Old Church Slavonic don't have the form *сопогъ.
  • Per Menges, Vahros and Trubachyov, from Turkic languages, compare Proto-Turkic *sараɣ-, *sарuɣ- 'shafted shoes', modern Turkic sap 'stem'. This etymology has the same phonetic problems as Vasmer's etymology. In this case, it should be *сопагъ (compare това́р (továr) from Turkic tavar or колпа́к (kolpák) from Turkic kalpak) or *сопугъ.[1] Semantic difficulties also arise, in Old Church Slavonic it means 'sandals', 'shoes with tops no higher than the ankles', Turkic source originally suggests high-top shoes.[2]
  • Per Lvov, from *sapati 'to tie, to bind'. According to Lvov and Semyonov, the original meaning is 'puttee, shoes, sandals',[3][4] compare dialectal сап (sap) 'fetters', colloquial заса́пить (zasápitʹ) 'tie in a knot'. In this case сапо́г from сап (sap) +‎ -ог (-og).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɐˈpok]
  • (file)

Noun edit

сапо́г (sapógm inan (genitive сапога́, nominative plural сапоги́, genitive plural сапо́г, relational adjective сапо́жный)

  1. boot
    боло́тные сапоги́bolótnyje sapogíwaders (high waterproof boots)

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Descendants edit

  • Russenorsk: sabagof
  • Armenian: սապոգ (sapog)
  • Kildin Sami: са̄һпе (sāhp’e)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: sapok, sapong
  • Yup'ik: cap'akiq

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Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сапог”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress