Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potopъ

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 *potopìti (“to submerge, to inundate”).

Noun

*potopъ m

  1. deluge, flood

Declension

Declension of *potopъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *potopъ *potopa *potopi
genitive *potopa *potopu *potopъ
dative *potopu *potopoma *potopomъ
accusative *potopъ *potopa *potopy
instrumental *potopъmь, *potopomь* *potopoma *potopy
locative *potopě *potopu *potopěxъ
vocative *potope *potopa *potopi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Old East Slavic: потопъ (potopŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “потоп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
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