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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopněti

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *kopьněti, *kopьniti (ESSJa)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- ~ *kʷap- (“to boil, to steam, to stink”), related to Latin cupiō (“to desire”) and Lithuanian kvapas (“aroma”). Possibly akin to Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”), Latin vapor. Schrijver reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- in order to explain the broken tone in Lithuanian kûpt (“to smoke, to steam”), which according to Derksen could alternatively be a result of the sta-present conjugation.

Trubachev reconstructs *kopьněti as if from *kopьna (“heap, pile”) +‎ *-ěti, which is semantically dubious. The later is akin to Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig”).

Verb

*kopněti impf

  1. to melt in parts (not homogeneously)
    Synonyms: *tajati, *topiti
  2. (figuratively) to yearn, to long for

Alternative forms

  • *kopniti

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *kopnežь, *kopněžь (“longing, strong desire”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: кіпніти (kipnity)[1]
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: копне́я (kopnéja)
    • Macedonian: копнее (kopnee)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ко̀пнети, 1p. ко́пнӣм
      Latin: kòpneti, 1p. kópnīm
    • Slovene: kopnẹ́ti (possibly)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kopňat, kopňet (dialectal)
    • Slovak: kopnieť (dialectal)

Further reading

References

  1. Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “кіпніти”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), volume 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 781
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