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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skopiti

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skop- (“to grave, to cut, to strike”) + *-iti. Parallel to Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig, to grave”). Possibly of expressive origin, comparable with Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to shave, to shear”) > Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Seems to be related to Lithuanian skõpti (“to cut, to grave”), however, the root grades do not match.

Verb

*skopiti impf[1][2]

  1. to castrate, to geld

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *skopьcь (“eunuch, castrated animal”)
  • *skopakъ (“gelding (castrated horse)”)
  • *ščepa (“woodchips”) (probably)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: скопи́ть (skopítʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: шкопи́ц (škopýc)
    • Ukrainian: скопи́ти (skopýty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: skopiti
    • Polish: skopić
    • Slovak: skopiť

Further reading

  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скопя, скопявам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 780

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “skopiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*skopi̋ti”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “skopiti: skopjǫ skopitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c beskære, kastrere (PR 140)”
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