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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěpъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kēi-p- : *(s)koi-p-.

Compare Lithuanian skiẽpas, skiẽpti : skiẽbti, Old High German skivaro, Old Norse skīfa, Ancient Greek σκοῖπος (skoîpos).

Probably related to Ancient Greek σκίπων (skípōn), Latin sсīрiō, Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship; hollow object”), perhaps Latin scindō (“I split”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split, cleave”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinatti), perhaps Sanskrit शिफा (śíphā, “fibrous or flexible root”).

Noun

*cěpъ m [1]

  1. stick
  2. flail

Declension
Declension of *cěpъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *cěpъ *cěpa *cěpi
Accusative *cěpъ *cěpa *cěpy
Genitive *cěpa *cěpu *cěpъ
Locative *cěpě *cěpu *cěpěxъ
Dative *cěpu *cěpoma *cěpomъ
Instrumental *cěpъmь, *cěpomь* *cěpoma *cěpy
Vocative *cěpe *cěpa *cěpi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *cěpeněti
  • *cěpъkъ
  • *cěpьcь

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: цѣпъ (cěpŭ)
      • Belarusian: цэп (cep)
      • Russian: цеп (cep), цоп (cop) (dialectal), чап (čap), чеп (čep), цепы́ pl (cepý)
      • Ukrainian: ціп (cip)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: cep, cép (dialectal)
    • Polabian: cepoi pl
    • Polish: cep
    • Slovak: cep
    • Slovincian: cìe̯pä
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: cypy pl
      • Lower Sorbian: cepy pl

Further reading
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “цеп”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 366
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěpъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 03, Moscow: Nauka, page 186
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “цеп”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “cěpъ cěpa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d flail (NA 101; SA 22, 156; OSA 41, 140; RPT 98)”
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