Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oščepъ

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

Deverbal from *oščepati (“to knock off, peel, shell”), from *o(b)- + *ščepiti (“to chop, chip”).

Noun

*oščepъ m^[1]^[2]

something chipped off, splinter, log, billet
1. → (North Slavic) javelin

Inflection

Declension of *oščepъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*oščepъ	*oščepa	*oščepi
genitive	*oščepa	*oščepu	*oščepъ
dative	*oščepu	*oščepoma	*oščepomъ
accusative	*oščepъ	*oščepa	*oščepy
instrumental	oščepъmь, oščepomь^*	*oščepoma	*oščepy
locative	*oščepě	*oščepu	*oščepěxъ
vocative	*oščepe	*oščepa	*oščepi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: о́щепъ (óščep), о́счепъ (ósčep), о́сщепъ (ósščep), о́щэпъ (óščep), о́щєпъ (óščjep)
  - Belarusian: *ашчэ́па f (*aščépa), ошчэпа f (óščepa), очэпа f (óčepa)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: о́щеп (óščep)
  - Ukrainian: о́щеп (óščep); о́щіп (óščip) (dialectal)
- Russian: още́п (oščép)
- >? Old Pskovian: *ощѣпе (*ośkæpe)
  - →? Old East Slavic: оскѣпъ (oskěpŭ)
    - ⇒ Old East Slavic: оскѣпище (oskěpišče)
      - Ukrainian: оски́пище (oskýpyšče)
    - Belarusian: аскеп (askjep)
      - ⇒ Belarusian: аске́пак (askjépak), атськёпык (atsʹkjópyk)
    - Ukrainian: о́скип (óskyp) (dialectal)
    - Russian: оскеп (oskep) (dated)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: oščèp (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oščěp, oščiep
  - Czech: oštěp; oštíp (dated)
- Old Polish: oszczep
  - Polish: oszczep
- Old Slovak: oštep
  - Slovak: oštep
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wótšćěp
  - Upper Sorbian: wotšćep

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obščepъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 149
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oszczep”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 402

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obščepъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 149

[2] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oszczep”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 402

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