Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščapъ

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

From an earlier *skēpъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cleave”).

Noun

*ščapъ m

  1. stick, log of wood

Declension

Declension of *ščapъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ščapъ *ščapa *ščapi
genitive *ščapa *ščapu *ščapъ
dative *ščapu *ščapoma *ščapomъ
accusative *ščapъ *ščapa *ščapy
instrumental *ščapъmь, *ščapomь* *ščapoma *ščapy
locative *ščapě *ščapu *ščapěxъ
vocative *ščape *ščapa *ščapi

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

  • *ščepa (“chip”) (with short grade)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • >? Russian: щап (ščap, “dumbhead”) (probably)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: ščер
      • Czech: štěр
    • Old Slovak: štiap, štiep
      • Slovak: štiap
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: šćěр
      • Upper Sorbian: šćěр, šćap

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щап”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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