Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trepetъ

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

Probably, related to *trepati.

Noun

*trepetъ m

1. quiver?, tremble?
2. fear?

Declension

Declension of *trepetъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trepetъ	*trepeta	*trepeti
genitive	*trepeta	*trepetu	*trepetъ
dative	*trepetu	*trepetoma	*trepetomъ
accusative	*trepetъ	*trepeta	*trepety
instrumental	*trepetъmь, *trepetomь*	*trepetoma	*trepety
locative	*trepetě	*trepetu	*trepetěxъ
vocative	*trepete	*trepeta	*trepeti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: трепетъ (trepetŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: тре́петъ (trépet)
      • Ukrainian: тре́пет (trépet), тре́піт (trépit)
    • Russian: тре́пет (trépet)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: трепетъ (trepetŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⱃⰵⱂⰵⱅⱏ (trepetŭ)

  • Bulgarian: трѐпет (trèpet)
  • Macedonian: трепет (trepet)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тре̏пе̄т

    Latin script: trȅpēt

  • Slovene: trepèt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: trzpiot
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: třepjet, třероt

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тре́пет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress