Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)ščepъ

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

Back-formation from *o(b)ščepati (“to knock off, peel, shell”).

Noun

*o(b)ščepъ m^[1]^[2]

something chipped off, splinter, log, billet
1. → (North Slavic) javelin

Inflection

Declension of *o(b)ščepъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)ščepъ	*o(b)ščepa	*o(b)ščepi
genitive	*o(b)ščepa	*o(b)ščepu	*o(b)ščepъ
dative	*o(b)ščepu	*o(b)ščepoma	*o(b)ščepomъ
accusative	*o(b)ščepъ	*o(b)ščepa	*o(b)ščepy
instrumental	o(b)ščepъmь, o(b)ščepomь^*	*o(b)ščepoma	*o(b)ščepy
locative	*o(b)ščepě	*o(b)ščepu	*o(b)ščepěxъ
vocative	*o(b)ščepe	*o(b)ščepa	*o(b)ščepi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: о́щепъ (óščep), о́счепъ (ósčep), о́сщепъ (ósščep), о́щэпъ (óščep), о́щєпъ (óščjep)
  - Belarusian: *ашчэ́па f (*aščépa), ошчэпа f (óščepa), очэпа f (óčepa)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: о́щеп (óščep)
  - Ukrainian: о́щеп (óščep); о́щіп (óščip) (dialectal)
- Russian: още́п (oščép)
- >? Old East Slavic: оскѣпъ (oskěpŭ)
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic: оскѣпище (oskěpišče)
    - Ukrainian: оски́пище (oskýpyšče)
  - Belarusian: аскеп (askjep)
    - ⇒ Belarusian: аске́пак (askjépak), атськёпык (atsʹkjópyk)
  - Ukrainian: о́скип (óskyp) (dialectal)
  - Russian: оскеп (oskep) (dated)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: oščèp (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oščěp, oščiep
  - Czech: oštěp; oštíp (dated)
- Old Polish: oszczep
  - Polish: oszczep
- Old Slovak: oštep
  - Slovak: oštep
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wótšćěp
  - Upper Sorbian: wotšćep

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obščepъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 149
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oszczep”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 402

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obščepъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 149

[2] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oszczep”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 402

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