Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konotopъ

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 1

From *kòňь (“horse”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *topìti (“to drown”).

Noun

*konotòpъ m

1. (verbatim) swamp in which the horse drowned
2. swampy, boggy, impassable area

   Synonym: *bòlto

Declension

Declension of *konotòpъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*konotòpъ	*konotopa	*konotopi
genitive	*konotopa	*konotopu	*konotopъ
dative	*konotopu	*konotopoma	*konotopomъ
accusative	*konotòpъ	*konotopa	*konotopy
instrumental	*konotopъmь, *konotopomь*	*konotopoma	*konotopy
locative	*konotopě	*konotopu	*konotopěxъ
vocative	*konotope	*konotopa	*konotopi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: коното́пъ (konotópŭ)
    • Belarusian: канато́п (kanatóp, “swamp, bog, marsh”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: Канато́п (Kanatóp) (toponym)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: Канато́пы pl (Kanatópy) (toponym)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: Канато́пка f (Kanatópka) (river name)
    • Russian: коното́п (konotóp, “swampy, boggy, impassable area; hinterland, backwoods, province”)
      • ⇒ Russian: Коното́п (Konotóp) (toponym)
        • ⇒ Russian: Коното́пов (Konotópov) (surname)
        • ⇒ Russian: Коното́пцев (Konotópcev) (surname)
        • ⇒ Russian: Коното́пцы pl (Konotópcy) (toponym)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: Коното́п (Konotóp) (toponym; river name; surname), Коноті́п (Konotíp) (toponym, obsolete)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: Коното́пи pl (Konotópy) (toponym)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: Коното́пка f (Konotópka) (river name)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: Коното́пцеве (Konotópceve) (toponym)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Konětopy pl (toponym)
  • Polish: Konotop (toponym)
    • → German: Kontoppe (toponym)
    • → German: Köhntöpf (toponym)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konotopъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 193

Etymology 2

From *kòňь (“horse”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *tepti (“to beat”).

Noun

*konotòpъ m

1. (verbatim) (plants) trampled by horses (plantain or knotweed)

Declension

Declension of *konotòpъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*konotòpъ	*konotopa	*konotopi
genitive	*konotopa	*konotopu	*konotopъ
dative	*konotopu	*konotopoma	*konotopomъ
accusative	*konotòpъ	*konotopa	*konotopy
instrumental	*konotopъmь, *konotopomь*	*konotopoma	*konotopy
locative	*konotopě	*konotopu	*konotopěxъ
vocative	*konotope	*konotopa	*konotopi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: коното́п (konotóp, “plantain; knotweed”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: коното́пка (konotópka), коното́пок (konotópok), конопо́т (konopót, “plantain”), конето́п (konetóp, “grass growing along the roads”), конуто́п (konutóp, “herb with small leaves”), коното́пь (konotópʹ, “beet tops”) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: коното́п (konotóp, “knotweed; red clover”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konotopъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 194
• Журавлёв, А. Ф. (2016) “О некоторых «конских» мотивах в осетинской и восточнославянской фитонимии (названия подорожника и др.)”, in Эволюции смыслов‎^[2] (in Russian), Москва: Издательский дом ЯСК, →ISBN, pages 419–420