Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čepъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editUncertain origin. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig, to scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop, to dig”).
Noun
edit*čepъ m
Declension
editDeclension of *čepъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms
edit- *čepъka (“bunch”)
- *čepъkati (“to comb, to form clusters”)
- *čepьcь (“cap”)
- *čepakъ (“cruse, lid”)
- *čepъrъ (“bough”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- 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