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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čerpъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerpos (“shell, sharp object”) , from *(s)kerp-. The original meaning was "clay pot or vessel". For a semantic shift to "skull" compare Latin tēsta (“brick, tile”) > French tête (“head”). Alternatively, could have originated from *kʷerp- (“to whirl, to twist”).

Noun

*čȇrpъ m [1][2]

  1. skull
  2. broken piece of pottery

Inflection
Declension of *čȇrpъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *čȇrpъ *čȇrpa *čȇrpi
Accusative *čȇrpъ *čȇrpa *čȇrpy
Genitive *čȇrpa *čerpù *čẽrpъ
Locative *čȇrpě *čerpù *čerpě̃xъ
Dative *čȇrpu *čerpomà *čerpòmъ
Instrumental *čȇrpъmь, *čȇrpomь* *čerpomà *čerpý
Vocative *čerpe *čȇrpa *čȇrpi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čȇrpъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84: “m. o (c)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “čerpъ čerpa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c crock, fragment (NA 99; PR 137)”
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