Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuprъ

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 *keh₂wp-. Akin to Lithuanian kauprà, kuprà, Latvian kuprs and Old High German hovar.

Noun

*kuprъ m

1. (anatomy) sacrum, coccyx, tailbone
2. rump

   Synonym: *zadъ

Inflection

Declension of *kuprъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuprъ	*kupra	*kupri
genitive	*kupra	*kupru	*kuprъ
dative	*kupru	*kuproma	*kupromъ
accusative	*kuprъ	*kupra	*kupry
instrumental	*kuprъmь, *kupromь*	*kuproma	*kupry
locative	*kuprě	*kupru	*kuprěxъ
vocative	*kupre	*kupra	*kupri

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

Related terms

nouns

• *kupa
• *kupъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ку́прь (kúprʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ку́пер (kúper); ку́пирь (kúpyrʹ), ку́пра (kúpra) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: ку́прыкъ (kúpryk)
      • Ukrainian: ку́прик (kúpryk)
  • Russian: купе́р (kupér), купр (kupr) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kupr
  • Old Polish: kupr
    • Polish: kuper

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “купе́р”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “ку́пер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 146