цапъ
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
First attested in the 16th century. Etymology unclear:
- Borrowed from Romanian țap, further origin unclear.[1][2] Probably related to Romance languages (compare Italian zappo, dialectal tsappu), ultimately from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.[3][4] Compare Albanian cjap.
- Less likely inherited from Proto-Slavic *capъ (“goat”), further possibly from Romance languages and Latin as above.[3][4]
Slavic cognates include Polish cap (“ram; goat”), Slovak cap (“goat”), dialectal Czech cap, cáp (“goat”), dialectal Macedonian цап (cap, “goat”), Serbo-Croatian ца̏п / cȁp (“bearded man nickname”), Slovene càp (“uncastrated goat”).
Noun
цапъ • (transliteration needed) m anim
References
- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982), “цап”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 2 (Д – Ь), issue 12–22, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sci. & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., →LCCN, page 1097: “since the XVI c.”
- Vasmer, Max (1973), “цап”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 4 (Т – Ящур), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress, page 288
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*capъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 172
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “цап”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 227
Further reading
- Kotliarevsky, Ivan (1798), “цапъ”, in Собраніе Малороссійскихъ словъ, содержащихся въ Энеидѣ [Collection of Ukrainian words contained in the Eneida] (in Ukrainian), Saint Petersburg: Dependent of M. Parpura, page 22
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