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торпица

Old Novgorodian edit

 
торпица

Etymology edit

First attested in the first half of the 15th century. By surface analysis, *торпа (*torpa) +‎ -ица (-ica). Borrowed from Finnic language, probably from Finnish torppu (“river trout”).[1] Middle Russian торпа (torpa) first attested in 1563.[2]

Noun edit

торпица (torpica) f

  1. trout (Salmo)
    • 1st half of 15th c., Грамота № 1148[3] [Birchbark letter no. 1148], Novgorod:
      … Лаꙁорю коробоцка ікри да торпица …
      … Lazorju korobocka ikri da torpica …
      … for Lazarus a box of caviar and river trout …

Descendants edit

  • → Middle Russian: *торпица (*torpica), торпа (torpa)

References edit

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1973) “то́рпа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 87
  2. ^ Kryvko, R. N., editor (2015), “торпа”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎[1] (in Russian), numbers 30 (томъ – уберечися), Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 67
  3. ^ Gippius, A. A. (2022) Берестяные грамоты из раскопок 2022 г. [Birchbark letters from excavations in 2022]‎[2] (in Russian)
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