*skupą

Runic: ᛊᚲᚢᛈᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsku.pɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. mockery, joking
  2. cheating, deception, trickery
  3. poetry

Etymology

Nominal formation related to *skuppōną (‘to mock, scoff’), of uncertain further origin; see there for more.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.skupąskupō
Acc.skupąskupō
Gen.skupas, skupisskupǫ̂
Dat.skupaiskupamaz
Inst.skupōskupamiz
Voc.skupąskupō

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Descendants

  • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *scop (Old Dutch)
      • scop, schop (Middle Dutch)
  • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skof (Old Frisian)
      • schof (West Frisian)
  • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skof (Old Frisian)
      • skoffe, scof (Middle English)
        • scoff (English)
        • skoffe, scoff, skuff (Scots)
  • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
      • sċop, sċeop (Old English)
        • scop (English)
  • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
      • skopf, scoph (Old High German)
        • schopf, schof (Middle High German)
  • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skop (Proto-West Germanic)
      • *skop (Old Saxon)
        • skoplīko (Old Saxon)
  • skop (Old Norse)
    • skop (Icelandic)
    • skof, skuf (Old Danish)

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