Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščepa

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

Possibly, related to *skopiti (“to geld”)

Noun

*ščepa f

(collective) woodchips

Inflection

Declension of *ščepa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščepa	*ščepě	*ščepy
genitive	*ščepy	*ščepu	*ščepъ
dative	*ščepě	*ščepama	*ščepamъ
accusative	*ščepǫ	*ščepě	*ščepy
instrumental	ščepojǫ, ščepǫ^**	*ščepama	*ščepami
locative	*ščepě	*ščepu	ščepasъ, ščepaxъ^*
vocative	*ščepo	*ščepě	*ščepy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*ščepati (“to chip”)
*ščepiti (“to chop, to pinch”)

Related terms

*ščapъ (“stick”) (with long grade)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: щепа (ščepa)
  - Russian: щепа́ (ščepá)
  - Ukrainian: ще́па (ščépa)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: ščèр, ščéрǝk, ščерíса (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: szсzера