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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kēi-p- : *(s)koi-p-.
Compare Lithuanian skiẽpas, skiẽpti : skiẽbti, Old High German skivaro, Old Norse skīfa, Ancient Greek σκοῖπος (skoîpos).
Probably related to Ancient Greek σκίπων (skípōn), Latin sсīрiō, Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship; hollow object”), perhaps Latin scindō (“I split”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split, cleave”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinatti), perhaps Sanskrit शिफा (śíphā, “fibrous or flexible root”).
Noun
*cěpъ m[1]
- stick
- flail
Declension
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: цѣпъ (cěpŭ), чепь (čepĭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “цеп”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 366
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěpъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 186
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цеп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “cěpъ cěpa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d flail (NA 101; SA 22, 156; OSA 41, 140; RPT 98)”