Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kupiti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Causative of *kupъ (“heap, pile”) + *-iti. Akin to Lithuanian kaũpti (“to pile up, to dig up”).[1]
In modern languages, mostly superseded by the Germanic loanword *kupiti (“to purchase”) (Etymology 2).
Verb
*kupìti impf[2]
Inflection
Conjugation of *kupiti, *kupi, *kupitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *kupľenьje | *kupiti | *kupitъ | *kupilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *kupľenъ | *kupimъ |
| Active | *kupľь | *kupę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kupixъ | *kupi | *kupi | *kupľǫ | *kupiši | *kupitь |
| Dual | *kupixově | *kupista | *kupiste | *kupivě | *kupita | *kupite |
| Plural | *kupixomъ | *kupiste | *kupišę | *kupimъ | *kupite | *kupętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kupľaaxъ | *kupľaaše | *kupľaaše | — | *kupi | *kupi |
| Dual | *kupľaaxově | *kupľaašeta | *kupľaašete | *kupivě | *kupita | — |
| Plural | *kupľaaxomъ | *kupľaašete | *kupľaaxǫ | *kupimъ | *kupite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*kupivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *kupišče (“stack, large amount”)
- *kupitьba (“collection”)
- *kupьnъ (“piled, gathered”)
- *kupьno (“together, simultaneously”, adverb)
- *kupьščina (“pile, assembly”)
- *sъvъkupiti (“to assemble”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kupiti (sę) II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 112
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kaupijaną (“to trade”), probably via Gothic (compare Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn)).[3]. The Germanic lemma is also loaned in Finnish kaupita.
Verb
*kupìti pf (imperfective *kupovati)[4][5]
Inflection
Conjugation of *kupiti, *kupi, *kupitь (perf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *kupľenьje | *kupiti | *kupitъ | *kupilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *kupľenъ | — |
| Active | *kupľь | — |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kupixъ | *kupi | *kupi | *kupľǫ | *kupiši | *kupitь |
| Dual | *kupixově | *kupista | *kupiste | *kupivě | *kupita | *kupite |
| Plural | *kupixomъ | *kupiste | *kupišę | *kupimъ | *kupite | *kupętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | — | — | — | — | *kupi | *kupi |
| Dual | — | — | — | *kupivě | *kupita | — |
| Plural | — | — | — | *kupimъ | *kupite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*kupivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
- In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Related terms
- *kupъ (“purchase, stock”)
- *podъkupъ (“bribe”)
- *otъkupъ (“ransom”)
- *pokupъka (“purchase”)
Derived terms
- *kupľa (“trade”)
- *kupľьnъ (“commercial”)
- *kupьcь (“trader, buyer”)
- *kupьčьjь (“merchant”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaupti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “(sъ-vъ-)kupiti: -kupjǫ -kupitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sammenfatte (PR 137)”
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάπηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 638
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kupiti: kupjǫ kupitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b købe (PR 137)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kupīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kupi̋ti”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “купить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kupiti I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 109
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “купя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 142