kępa
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From dialectal Proto-Slavic *kǫpa, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kámpos (“curved, bent”), from *kh₂em- (“to arch”). See Proto-Germanic *hamfaz (“maimed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kępa f (diminutive kępka)
- isolated clump of vegetation, such as trees, shrubs, or flowers
- small island in a river or lake, covered with vegetation
Declension edit
Declension of kępa
References edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “525”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525