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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuppaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *kubnáz, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (round object, knoll), from *gew- (to bend, curve, arch, vault).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkup.pɑz/

Noun

*kuppaz m

  1. round object; orb
  2. vessel; container; bowl
  3. knoll; hilltop; summit
  4. crown (of the head); harnpan; skull; head

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kuppaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kuppaz *kuppōz, *kuppōs
vocative *kupp *kuppōz, *kuppōs
accusative *kuppą *kuppanz
genitive *kuppas, *kuppis *kuppǫ̂
dative *kuppai *kuppamaz
instrumental *kuppō *kuppamiz

Derived terms

  • *kuppô

Descendants

Note: Descendants of this word were influenced by or conflated with unrelated Latin cūpa, a word of similar form and meaning.

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kopp
    • Old English: copp
    • Old Frisian: kopp, kop
      • North Frisian: kop
      • Saterland Frisian: Kop
      • West Frisian: kop
    • Old Saxon: *kopp, *kop, kopp (in derivatives)
    • Old Dutch: *kopp, *kop
      • Middle Dutch: coppe, cop
        • Dutch: kop
          • Afrikaans: kop
          • Negerhollands: kop, koppi, kopi, kopje
            • Virgin Islands Creole: kop (dated)
          • Petjo: kop
          • Skepi Creole Dutch: kup
          • Caribbean Javanese: kop
          • Indonesian: kop
          • Papiamentu: kòpi, koppi (from the diminutive, dated)
          • Sranan Tongo: kopi, kopki
            • Kari'na: kopuma
      • West Flemish: kobbe
    • Old High German: kopf, chopf, choph
    • Old French: copet, coupet
  • Old Norse: koppr (possibly from Middle Low German)
  • Crimean Gothic: kop (in compounds)
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