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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuppaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *kubnáz, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (round object, knoll), from *gew- (to bend, curve, arch, vault).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkup.pɑz/

Noun

*kuppaz m

  1. round object; orb
  2. vessel; container; bowl
  3. knoll; hilltop; summit
  4. crown (of the head); harnpan; skull; head

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kuppaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kuppaz *kuppōz, *kuppōs
vocative *kupp *kuppōz, *kuppōs
accusative *kuppą *kuppanz
genitive *kuppas, *kuppis *kuppǫ̂
dative *kuppai *kuppamaz
instrumental *kuppō *kuppamiz

Derived terms

  • *kuppô

Descendants

Note: Descendants of this word were influenced by or conflated with unrelated Latin cūpa, a word of similar form and meaning.

  • Old English: copp
  • Old Frisian: kopp, kop
    • North Frisian: kop
    • Saterland Frisian: Kop
    • West Frisian: kop
  • Old Saxon: *kopp, *kop, kopp (in derivatives)
  • Frankish: *kupp, *kopp
    • Old Dutch: *kopp, *kop
    • Old French: copet, coupet
  • Old High German: kopf, chopf, choph
  • Old Norse: koppr (possibly from Middle Low German)
  • Crimean Gothic: kop (in compounds)
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