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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopa

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

Resultant noun of *kopati (“to dig”) +‎ *-a, cognate with Latvian kaps (“grave”), Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”).

Noun

*kopà f[1][2][3]

  1. heap, pile

Declension

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: копа́ (kopá)
    • Ukrainian: копа́ (kopá)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kopa
    • Kashubian: kòpa
    • Polish: kopa
    • Slovak: kopa
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kора
      • Upper Sorbian: kора

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “копа́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 11
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “копа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 607

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kopa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 232: “f. ā ‘heap, shock’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kopa kopy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c bunke (PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kópa”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kopa̋”
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