Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kapati

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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

Either of onomatopaeic origin (from the sound made by dripping water cap!) or an enlonged grade of Proto-Slavic *kopati (to dig, to ditch), akin to Lithuanian kapóti (to hack, to chop), Latvian kapât (to chop), and Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, to strike, to shake). Often compared to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (phlegm, mucus), which however may be from non-Indo-European substratum.

Verb

*kàpati impf (perfective *kapnǫti)[1][2]

  1. to drip

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ка́пать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “капя, капвам, капна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 227

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kapati: kapljǫ kapljetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 13; MP 233)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kápati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*ka̋pati