Etymology Explorer › Old East Slavic

Where does “скупъ” come from?

скупъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic skǫpъ — expensive, valuable; stingy.

Ancestry of “скупъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicskǫpъexpensive, valuable; stingy
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