Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěpa

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

*rěpa – Brassica rapa subsp. rapa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rēpā́ˀ, *rāpā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāp-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rḗps, (s)rā́ps. Cognate with Lithuanian rópė (“turnip”).

Noun

*rě̀pa f

1. turnip, rape

Declension

Declension of *rě̀pa (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rě̀pa	*rě̀pě	*rě̀py
genitive	*rě̀py	*rě̀pu	*rě̀pъ
dative	*rě̀pě	*rě̀pama	*rě̀pamъ
accusative	*rě̀pǫ	*rě̀pě	*rě̀py
instrumental	*rě̀pojǫ, *rě̀pǭ**	*rě̀pama	*rě̀pamī
locative	*rě̀pě	*rě̀pu	*rě̀pasъ, *rě̀paxъ*
vocative	*rě̀po	*rě̀pě	*rě̀py

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рѣпа (rěpa)
    • Belarusian: рэ́па (répa)
    • Russian: ре́па (répa)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ріпа (ripa)
    • Ukrainian: рі́па (rípa)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: рѣпа (rěpa)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⱑⱂⰰ (rěpa)

  • Bulgarian: ря́па (rjápa), ре́па (répa) — in e-kavian dialects
  • Macedonian: репа (repa)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (generally without Ijekavism)

    Cyrillic script: ре̏па

    Latin script: rȅpa

  • Slovene: rẹ́pa
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: řěpa
    • Czech: řepa, řípa (dialectal)
  • Polabian: repo, repă
  • Polish: rzepa
  • Slovak: repa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: rěpa
    • Upper Sorbian: rěpa

• →? Albanian: rrepë
• → Hungarian: répa

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/rěpa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 533
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “ря̀па”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 387
• Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 277
• Olander, Thomas (2001) “rěpa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 111)”