Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čepъ

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

Uncertain origin. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig, to scoop”).

Noun

*čepъ m

nub, tap

Declension

Declension of *čepъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čepъ	*čepa	*čepi
genitive	*čepa	*čepu	*čepъ
dative	*čepu	*čepoma	*čepomъ
accusative	*čepъ	*čepa	*čepy
instrumental	čepъmь, čepomь^*	*čepoma	*čepy
locative	*čepě	*čepu	*čepěxъ
vocative	*čepe	*čepa	*čepi

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

Derived terms

*čepъka (“bunch”)
- *čepъkati (“to comb, to form clusters”)
*čepьcь (“cap”)
*čepakъ (“cruse, lid”)
*čepъrъ (“bough”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: чеп (čjep)
  - Russian: чёп (čop) (dialectal), чоп (čop)
  - Ukrainian: чіп (čip)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: чеп (čep)
- Macedonian: чеп (čep)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: че̏п
  
  Latin script: čȅp
- Slovene: čèp
West Slavic:
- Czech: čep
- Old Polish: czop, czep
  - Polish: czop
  - Silesian: czep
- Slovak: čap
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: cop
  - Upper Sorbian: čор

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čepъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чоп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress