Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuppaz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *kubnáz, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*kuppaz m
- round object; orb
- vessel; container; bowl
- knoll; hilltop; summit
- crown (of the head); harnpan; skull; head
Inflection[edit]
masculine a-stemDeclension of *kuppaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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
- Old Saxon: *kopp, *kop, kopp (in derivatives)
- Old Dutch: *kopp, *kop
- Old High German: kopf, chopf, choph
- → Old French: copet, coupet
- Old Norse: koppr (possibly from Middle Low German)
- Crimean Gothic: kop (in compounds)