Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščapъ

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 an earlier *skēpъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cleave”).

Noun

*ščapъ m

1. stick, log of wood

Declension

Declension of *ščapъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščapъ	*ščapa	*ščapi
genitive	*ščapa	*ščapu	*ščapъ
dative	*ščapu	*ščapoma	*ščapomъ
accusative	*ščapъ	*ščapa	*ščapy
instrumental	*ščapъmь, *ščapomь*	*ščapoma	*ščapy
locative	*ščapě	*ščapu	*ščapěxъ
vocative	*ščape	*ščapa	*ščapi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *ščepa (“chip”) (with short grade)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • >? Russian: щап (ščap, “dumbhead”) (probably)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: щапъ (štapŭ)
  • Bulgarian: щап (štap)
  • Macedonian: стап (stap)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шта̑п

    Latin script: štȃp, šćap (dialectal)

  • Slovene: ščáp (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ščер
    • Czech: štěр
  • Old Slovak: štiap, štiep
    • Slovak: štiap
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šćěр
    • Upper Sorbian: šćěр, šćap

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щап”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress