Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korpa

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 a substantivation of Proto-Balto-Slavic *karˀpas (“rough, coarse”) + *-a, attested indirectly in Proto-Slavic *korpavъ, *korpatъ (extended with the auxiliary suffixes *-avъ, *-atъ). Cognate with Lithuanian karpà (“wart”), Latvian kãrpa (“callus”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerHp- (“to scrape, to abrade”), whence also *skorpavъ, *xorpavъ with identical meanings.

Formally similar to Proto-Slavic *korpъ (“carp”) of unclear origin (possibly substrate).

Noun

*kőrpa f

1. toad, paddock

   Synonyms: (in West Slavic) *xorpuxa, (in South Slavic) *korstava *žaba

Declension

Declension of *korpa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korpa	*korpě	*korpy
genitive	*korpy	*korpu	*korpъ
dative	*korpě	*korpama	*korpamъ
accusative	*korpǫ	*korpě	*korpy
instrumental	*korpojǫ, *korpǫ**	*korpama	*korpami
locative	*korpě	*korpu	*korpasъ, *korpaxъ*
vocative	*korpo	*korpě	*korpy

^* -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

• *korpavъ (“scabby”)
  • *korpavica, *korpavъka

Related terms

• *čerpti, *čьrpati (“to scoop”)
• *čerpъ (“skull”)
• *xorpuxa (“toad, paddock”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кура́па (kurápa)
  • ⇒ Russian: коропа́вка (koropávka)
  • Ukrainian: коро́па (korópa) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: коропа́вка (koropávka), коропа́виця (koropávycja), коропа́та жаба (koropáta žaba)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Slovene: krápavica (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korpa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 90
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коропавка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “коропавий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 41
• “karpa”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012