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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščupati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

By surface analysis, *ščupъ (dipstick) + *-ati, with further origin uncertain. Possibly akin to Sanskrit छुपति (chupati, to touch), from Proto-Indo-European *skewp-.

Verb

*ščupati impf (perfective *ščupnǫti)[1]

  1. to touch, to probe
  2. to grope

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *ščuplъ (thin, puny)
  • *ščupakъ (agent noun)
  • *ščupadlo (instrumental noun)
    • Russian: щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce, tentacle)
  • *ščupьta, *ščupъka (crumb, bit)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: щюпати (ščjupati)
      • Belarusian: шчу́паць (ščúpacʹ)
      • Russian: щу́пать (ščúpatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: щу́пати (ščúpaty), щю́пати (ščjúpaty)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: szczupać (dialectal)

References

  1. Mariola Jakubowicz (2017) The Development of Words Across Centuries, Institute of Slavic Studies (Polish Academy of Sciences), page 156

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щупать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “щупати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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