Re: [tied] Re: to buy-revised

Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:

>> How else could *kaupo:jan- have
>> developed? Into **kovUpiti?? It doesn't even look like a
>> plausible Slavic word
>
> Why? Looks like a normal derivative of *(v)Upiti 'cry' with an
> (intensifying or iterative) prefix *ko- ( ~ *ka-, of pronominal
> origin; cf., eg., *kovIrzti 'weave', *kovIrtati 'spin', *kodUlbiti
> 'peck, chisel', *kolupiti ~ *kolupati 'peel, pick', *konyrjati
> 'plunge')
>
> ;)

Well, which is the etymology of *kolupiti?
the Romanian "ciupi" is given as " see the bg."Cupja" and scr. "Cupati".

Alex