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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrpъ

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
*sьrpъ

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sírpas, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Latvian sirpis, Latvian sìrps; Hittite 𒊬𒉺 (šarpa-, “farming tool”), Sanskrit सृणि (sṛṇi), Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē), Latin sarpō.

Noun

*sь̃rpъ or *sь̑rpъ m[1]

  1. sickle

Inflection

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сьрпъ (sĭrpŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: срьпъ (srĭpŭ)
    • Bulgarian: сърп (sǎrp)
    • Macedonian: срп (srp)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ср̑п
      Latin script: sȓp
    • Slovene: sȓp (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: srp
    • Polabian: sarp
    • Polish: sierp
    • Slovak: srp
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: sеrр
      • Upper Sorbian: serp
  • Non-Slavic:
  • → Proto-Finnic: *cirppi (see there for further descendants)

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

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьrpъ sьrpa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156); b (PR 134); d (OSA 42, 147) segl.”
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