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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konotopъ

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 1

From *kòňь (horse) + *-o- + *topìti (to drown) + *.

Noun

*konotòpъ m

  1. (verbatim) swamp in which the horse drowned
  2. swampy, boggy, impassable area
    Synonym: *bòlto
Declension
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: коното́пъ (konotópŭ)[1]
      • Belarusian: канато́п (kanatóp, swamp, bog, marsh) (dialectal)
        • Belarusian: Канато́п (Kanatóp) (toponym)
          • Belarusian: Канато́пы pl (Kanatópy) (toponym)
          • Belarusian: Канато́пка f (Kanatópka) (river name)
      • Russian: коното́п (konotóp, swampy, boggy, impassable area; hinterland, backwoods, province)[2][3]
        • Russian: Коното́п (Konotóp) (toponym)
          • Russian: Коното́пов (Konotópov) (surname)
          • Russian: Коното́пцев (Konotópcev) (surname)
          • Russian: Коното́пцы pl (Konotópcy) (toponym)
      • Ukrainian: Коното́п (Konotóp) (toponym; river name; surname), Коноті́п (Konotíp) (toponym, obsolete)
        • Ukrainian: Коното́пи pl (Konotópy) (toponym)
        • Ukrainian: Коното́пка f (Konotópka) (river name)
        • Ukrainian: Коното́пцеве (Konotópceve) (toponym)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: Konětopy pl (toponym)
    • Polish: Konotop (toponym)
      • German: Kontoppe (toponym)
      • German: Köhntöpf (toponym)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konotopъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 193

References

  1. Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “конотопа”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1270
  2. Поспелов, Е. М. (2002) “Коното́п”, in Агеева, Р. А., editor, Географические названия мира. Топонимический словарь (in Russian), 2nd edition, Москва: Русские словари, Астрель, АСТ, →ISBN, page 213
  3. Елистратов, В. С. (2002) “коното́п”, in Словарь русского арго (материалы 1980–1990 гг.) [Dictionary of the Russian Argo] (in Russian), digital edition, Грамота.ру

Etymology 2

From *kòňь (horse) + *-o- + *tepti (to beat) + *.

Noun

*konotòpъ m

  1. (verbatim) (plants) trampled by horses (plantain or knotweed)
Declension
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: коното́п (konotóp, plantain; knotweed) (dialectal)
      • Russian: коното́пка (konotópka), коното́пок (konotópok), конопо́т (konopót, plantain), конето́п (konetóp, grass growing along the roads), конуто́п (konutóp, herb with small leaves), коното́пь (konotópʹ, beet tops) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: коното́п (konotóp, knotweed; red clover) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*konotopъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 194
  • Журавлёв, А. Ф. (2016) “О некоторых «конских» мотивах в осетинской и восточнославянской фитонимии (названия подорожника и др.)”, in Эволюции смыслов (in Russian), Москва: Издательский дом ЯСК, →ISBN, pages 419–420
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