Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čepъ

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

Uncertain origin. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig, to scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop, to dig”).

Noun

*čepъ m

1. nub, tap

Declension

Declension of *čepъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čepъ	*čepa	*čepi
genitive	*čepa	*čepu	*čepъ
dative	*čepu	*čepoma	*čepomъ
accusative	*čepъ	*čepa	*čepy
instrumental	*čepъmь, *čepomь*	*čepoma	*čepy
locative	*čepě	*čepu	*čepěxъ
vocative	*čepe	*čepa	*čepi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *čepъka (“bunch”)
  • *čepъkati (“to comb, to form clusters”)
• *čepьcь (“cap”)
• *čepakъ (“cruse, lid”)
• *čepъrъ (“bough”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: чеп (čjep)
    • Russian: чёп (čop) (dialectal), чоп (čop)
    • Ukrainian: чіп (čip)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: чеп (čep)
  • Macedonian: чеп (čep)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: че̏п

    Latin script: čȅp

  • Slovene: čèp
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: čep
  • Polish: czop
  • Slovak: čap
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: cop
    • Upper Sorbian: čор

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čepъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чоп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress