Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čerpaxa

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 *čerpъ +‎ *-axa.

Noun

*čerpaxa f

1. turtle, tortoise

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: черепа́ха (čerepáxa)
    • Belarusian: чарапа́ха (čarapáxa)
    • Ukrainian: черепа́ха (čerepáxa); черепу́ха (čerepúxa), чарапа́ха (čarapáxa), чарапи́ха (čarapýxa) (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: черепа́ха (čerepáxa) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
    • Russian: черепа́ха (čerepáxa); черепу́ха (čerepúxa) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: črе́paha, črеpáha
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: czerepacha (16ᵗʰ cent.)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čerpaxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 70
• Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “čerpacha”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 158