Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kupьcь

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

By surface analysis, *kupiti +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*kupьcь m^[1]

trader, buyer

Declension

Declension of *kupьcь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kupьcь	*kupьca	*kupьci
genitive	*kupьca	*kupьcu	*kupьcь
dative	*kupьcu	*kupьcema	*kupьcemъ
accusative	*kupьcь	*kupьca	*kupьcę̇
instrumental	kupьcьmь, kupьcemь^*	*kupьcema	*kupьci
locative	*kupьci	*kupьcu	*kupьcixъ
vocative	*kupьče	*kupьca	*kupьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: купе́ц (kupjéc)
- Russian: купе́ц (kupéc)
- Ukrainian: купе́ць (kupécʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: коупьць (kupĭcĭ)
  - Bulgarian: купе́ц (kupéc) (obsolete)
  - Macedonian: купец (kupec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ку́пац
  
  Latin script: kúpac
- Slovene: kúpec (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kupec
  - Czech: kupec
- Old Polish: kupiec
  - Polish: kupiec
  - Silesian: kupiec
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: kùpc
  - Slovincian: kùpc
- Old Slovak: kupec
  - Pannonian Rusyn: купец (kupec)
  - Slovak: kupec
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kupc
  - Upper Sorbian: kupc

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: kupec

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kupьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 116

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kupьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 116

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