Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuprъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂wp-. Akin to Lithuanian kauprà, kuprà, Latvian kuprs and Old High German hovar.

Noun

*kuprъ m

  1. (anatomy) sacrum, coccyx, tailbone
  2. rump
    Synonym: *zadъ

Inflection

Declension of *kuprъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kuprъ *kupra *kupri
genitive *kupra *kupru *kuprъ
dative *kupru *kuproma *kupromъ
accusative *kuprъ *kupra *kupry
instrumental *kuprъmь, *kupromь* *kuproma *kupry
locative *kuprě *kupru *kuprěxъ
vocative *kupre *kupra *kupri

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

nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ку́прь (kúprʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ку́пер (kúper); ку́пирь (kúpyrʹ), ку́пра (kúpra) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: ку́прыкъ (kúpryk)
        • Ukrainian: ку́прик (kúpryk)
    • Russian: купе́р (kupér), купр (kupr) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kupr
    • Old Polish: kupr

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “купе́р”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “ку́пер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 146
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