Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kúrˀpāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Uncertain; suggested to be cognate with Ancient Greek κρηπίς (krēpís, “man's high boot, half-boot”), Proto-Celtic *kariyos (“shoemaker”), Proto-Germanic *hrifilingaz (“shoe”),[1][2] however reconstructing an underlying Indo-European form is problematic and is likely a substrate Wanderwort.[3] Alternatively, if Proto-Slavic *kъrpa (“piece of cloth”) indeed belongs here, perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”) or *(s)kerH- (“to divide”).

Noun

*kúrˀpāˀ f[4][5]

shoe

Inflection

Declension of *kúrˀpāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kúrˀpāˀ	*kúrˀpāiˀ	*kúrˀpās
Accusative	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾n	*kúrˀpāiˀ	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾s	*kúrˀpāu⁽ˀ⁾	*kúrˀpōn
Locative	*kúrˀpāiˀ	*kúrˀpāu⁽ˀ⁾	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*kúrˀpāi	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*kúrˀpāˀn	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*kúrˀpā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*kúrˀpa	*kúrˀpāiˀ	*kúrˀpās

Alternative reconstructions

*kúrˀpjāˀ[6][5]
*kúrˀpē

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: kurpe
- Lithuanian: kùrpė
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: kurpe
>? Proto-Slavic: *kъrpa (“piece of cloth”)[5] (see there for further descendants)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “kerəp-, krēp-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 581
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 235
Beekes, Robert S.P. (2000), “European substratum words in Greek”, in Ofitsch, Michaela; Zinko, Christian, editors, 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz‎, Graz: Leykam, page 28: “Clearly non-IE; FRISK: Wanderwort.”
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъ̀rpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *kúrʔp(i)aʔ”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “kurpė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “BSL *kúrʔp(i)aʔ; PSL *kъ̀rpa”
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “kerəp-, krēp-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 581

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “kerəp-, krēp-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 581

[2] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 235

[3] Beekes, Robert S.P. (2000), “European substratum words in Greek”, in Ofitsch, Michaela; Zinko, Christian, editors, 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz‎, Graz: Leykam, page 28: “Clearly non-IE; FRISK: Wanderwort.”

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъ̀rpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *kúrʔp(i)aʔ”

[EDBIL-5] Derksen, Rick (2015), “kurpė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “BSL *kúrʔp(i)aʔ; PSL *kъ̀rpa”

[6] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “kerəp-, krēp-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 581