Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čepъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Of dubious origin. If it is related to Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig, to scoop”), then both are possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to chop, to dig”).

Noun

*čepъ m

nub, tap

Declension

Declension of *čepъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*čepъ	*čepa	*čepi
Accusative	*čepъ	*čepa	*čepy
Genitive	*čepa	*čepu	*čepъ
Locative	*čepě	*čepu	*čepěxъ
Dative	*čepu	*čepoma	*čepomъ
Instrumental	čepъmь, čepomь^*	*čepoma	*čepy
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: че̏п
  
  Latin: čȅp
- Slovene: čèp
West Slavic:
- Czech: čep
- Slovak: čap
- Polish: czop
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: cop
  - Upper Sorbian: čор

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čepъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 04, Moscow: Nauka, page 56
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “чоп”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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