Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫpъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pamp-, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bamb (“to swell”), which itself could be an imitative formation, see also Latin pampinus (“vine shoot”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian pampti (“to swell”), Lithuanian pim̃palas (“penis”), Latvian pimpis (“penis”).
Noun
*pǫpъ m[2]
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pǫpъ | *pǫpa | *pǫpi |
| genitive | *pǫpa | *pǫpu | *pǫpъ |
| dative | *pǫpu | *pǫpoma | *pǫpomъ |
| accusative | *pǫpъ | *pǫpa | *pǫpy |
| instrumental | *pǫpъmь, *pǫpomь* | *pǫpoma | *pǫpy |
| locative | *pǫpě | *pǫpu | *pǫpěxъ |
| vocative | *pǫpe | *pǫpa | *pǫpi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *pǫpъkъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- From *pǫpъkъ (*pǫpъ + *-ъkъ)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пуп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bamb”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 94-95
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pǫpъ; *pǫpъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417: “m. o ‘bud, navel’”