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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫpina

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

*kǫpinovъ *plodъ

Etymology

From *kǫpa (clump, thicket) + *-ina. The fist part is akin to Lithuanian kаm̃раs (angle, tilt).

Noun

*kǫpina f[1]

  1. shrub, bush, bramble
  2. (in South Slavic) blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
    Synonym: (in West, East Slavic) *eževika ~ *eževina

Alternative forms

  • *kǫpěna

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kǫpina”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243: “f. ā ‘bush’”
  2. Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), купина”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 229
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