Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vapa

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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

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Etymology 1

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Disputed:

In either case, *vapa may have been a functional counterpart (originally, of common gender) to substantive *voda (originally, neuter).

Noun

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*vapa f

  1. body of water (pool, pond, lake), standing water
Declension
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Descendants
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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вапа (vapa)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вапа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вапа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 118
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “vapa”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

References

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  1. ^ Witczak, K. T. (2015) “Flowing And Stagnant Water In Indo-European”, in Linguistica Brunensia[1], volume 63, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Etymology 2

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Collective of *vapь (dye) +‎ *-a. Possibly related to Etymology 1 (Preobražensky, Brückner, Snoj).

Noun

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*vapa f

  1. Alternative form of *vapь (dye)
Declension
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Descendants
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Further reading

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