Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopa

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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

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

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копа́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 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, 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