Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrpъ

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, *serp-, or *sr̥p-.

Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *serp-, Hittite 𒊬𒉺 (šarpa-, “farming tool”), Sanskrit सृणि (sṛṇi), Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē) (hence English harpoon), Latin sarpō.

Noun

*sьrpъ m

sickle

Inflection

Declension of *sьrpъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sьrpъ	*sьrpa	*sьrpi
Accusative	*sьrpъ	*sьrpa	*sьrpy
Genitive	*sьrpa	*sьrpu	*sьrpъ
Locative	*sьrpě	*sьrpu	*sьrpěxъ
Dative	*sьrpu	*sьrpoma	*sьrpomъ
Instrumental	sьrpъmь, sьrpomь^*	*sьrpoma	*sьrpy
Vocative	*sьrpe	*sьrpa	*sьrpi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: серп (sjerp)
- Russian: серп (serp)
- Rusyn: серп (serp)
- Ukrainian: серп (serp)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: срьпъ (srĭpŭ)
- Bulgarian: сърп (sǎrp)
- Macedonian: срп (srp)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: срп
  
  Latin: srp
- Slovene: srp

West Slavic:
- Czech: srp
- Polish: sierp
- Upper Sorbian: serp
Other:
- Finnic: *sirppi

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “серп”, 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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