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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopъtь

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- ~ *kʷap- (“to steam, to boil, to stink”) + *-ъtь, akin to Lithuanian kvãpas (“aroma”) and possibly Ancient Greek κάπυς (kápus, “fume”), Latin vapor, Sanskrit कपि (kapi, “murky, aromatic”).

Noun

*kopъtь f[1]

  1. soot
    Synonym: *saďa
  2. steam, fume, smoke (usually thick and dark)
    Synonym: *dymъ

Alternative forms

Declension
Declension of *kopъtь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kopъtь *kopъti *kopъti
genitive *kopъti *kopъtьju, *kopъťu* *kopъtьjь, *kopъti*
dative *kopъti *kopъtьma *kopъtьmъ
accusative *kopъtь *kopъti *kopъti
instrumental *kopъtьjǫ, *kopъťǫ* *kopъtьma *kopъtьmi
locative *kopъti *kopъtьju, *kopъťu* *kopъtьxъ
vocative *kopъti *kopъti *kopъti
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: копоть f (kopotĭ)
    • Belarusian: ко́паць f (kópacʹ)
    • Russian: ко́поть f (kópotʹ)
    • Ukrainian: кі́поть m (kípotʹ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kopet m
    • Polish: kopeć m
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: kорć m
      Lower Sorbian: kopś m

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копоть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopъtъ/*kopъtь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 29
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коптея, коптя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 622

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kopъtъ, *kopъtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 233
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