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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`óp`i ( ~ -e)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: foam
Russian meaning: пена
Turkic: *köp-
Mongolian: *köɣe-
Tungus-Manchu: *xapu- ~ *xopu-
Korean: *kǝ̀phúm
Comments: EAS 90, Владимирцов 213, AKE 10, KW 243, Poppe 19, 47, Lee 1958, 112, ОСНЯ 1, 364, Ozawa 199-200. Mong. cannot be explained as borrowed < Turk., despite TMN 3, 617, Щербак 1997, 128. The root tends to contaminate with *kup`e 'light' q. v.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *köp-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to swell 2 foam
Russian meaning: 1 набухать 2 пена
Old Turkic: köpik, köpük (OUygh.) 2
Karakhanid: köpür- (MK) 1, köpük (MK) 2
Turkish: köpük 2
Tatar: küp- 1
Middle Turkic: köp- (Pav. C.) 1
Uzbek: kụp- (dial.) 1
Uighur: köp- 1
Azerbaidzhan: köp- 1
Turkmen: köpik 2
Khakassian: köp- 1
Oyrat: köp- 1
Chuvash: kъʷbъʷk 2
Yakut: köp- 1
Dolgan: köbüj- 'pop up, float on the surface'
Tuva: kö'vük 2
Tofalar: kö'pük 2
Kirghiz: köp- 1
Kazakh: köbǝk 2
Noghai: köp- 1
Bashkir: küp- 1
Balkar: köp- 1
Kumyk: göp- 1
Comments: EDT 689, 691, VEWT 291, ЭСТЯ 5, 108-111, Stachowski 154.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *köɣe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to foam, swell up
Russian meaning: пениться, вздуваться
Written Mongolian: kögege-, köge-, kögere- (L 478)
Middle Mongolian: kɛhɛ- (IM), ku- (MA)
Khalkha: xȫ-
Buriat: xȫ-
Kalmuck: kȫ-
Ordos: kȫ- 'to swell (for example about horse`s nostrils)'
Dongxian: kue- (MGCD ko-)
Dagur: xuē- (Тод. Даг. 179), xuēre-; xuēs 'foam' (Тод. Даг. 179: xuēs, kuēs), huē- (MD 166)
Shary-Yoghur: χorʁǝ-, kǖre-; köwög 'foam'
Monguor: kō- (SM 204); kōrʒǝ (SM 205), kōrsǝ 'foam'
Comments: KW 243, MGCD 369, 370. Cf. also WMong. köbkeji-, Kalm. köpkɛ̄- 'to swell' (KW 240). Mong. > Man. ku- 'to swell' (ТМС 1, 422, Rozycki 145), Evk. kōsun 'foam' (ТМС 1, 417, Doerfer MT 94).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xapu- ~ *xopu-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: foam
Russian meaning: пена
Literary Manchu: χofon ~ χafun
Udighe: afuti
Comments: ТМС 1, 59.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kǝ̀phúm
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: foam
Russian meaning: пена
Modern Korean: kǝphum
Middle Korean: kǝ̀phúm
Comments: Liu 45, HMCH 161, KED 90.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳüpä
Meaning: to boil, foam
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *kwap-
Altaic: *k`óp`i (~-e)
Uralic: *kupla (also *kOppV 'Schimmel' 1371, *kuppa Geschwür, Beule)
Dravidian: !! *Kopaḷ- (*-u-)
References: ОСНЯ 1, 363-365, МССНЯ 354, 358; ND 912 *ko[q]pV 'mucus, slime' (very dub. IE + FU *kVppV + SH); 1110 *Ḳupä 'to boil, swell, bubble' (IE + Alt. + Saam. kɨǝvva-?? + the same SH). Cf. *ḳVPV 'bladder'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kēwp-, *kwēp-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to smoke, to boil
Hittite: kup- (I) 'planen, konspirieren' (Tischler 638 f)
Tokharian: A kāp-, B kāp- / kāw- (PT *kāp-) 'desire, crave, want' (Adams 151-152)
Old Indian: kupyati `to be moved, excited, agitated, be angry', kopa- m. `fury, passion, anger'; copati `to move'; kupāyú- `inclined to be angry'
Old Greek: kapnó-s m. `Rauch, Dampf, Dunst', hom. apò (dè psükhǟ̀n) ekápüssen `hauchte aus', kápüssen; kápo-s m. 'breath' Eust., Hsch., kápü-s id. Hsch.; 3 sg. eŋkáptei = eŋkapheî Hsch.; pf. 3 sg. kék[ē]phe `умереть' Hsch., hom. kekaph[ē]óta `aushauchend'
Slavic: *kɨ̄pḗtī, *kvā́pītī; *k(v)opotь
Baltic: *kwap-a- c., *kwep-ē̂- vb., Lith *kwē̃p- (*kwep-ja-) / Lett *kwē̂p- (2) vb., *kwē̂p-ē̂- (2) vb., *kwē̂p- (2) vb. intr. (Lett), *kwep- vb. intr., *kwap-ac., *kwap-u- adj., *kū̂p- (2) vb., *kū̂p-ē̂- (*kū̂p-a-) (2) vb., *kwē̂p-ia- (2) c., *kū̆p-[s]-in-[a]- m.
Germanic: *xwap-ja- vb., *xwap-a- n.
Latin: cupio, -ere, cupīvī, -ītum `(heftig) begehren, wünschen', cuppēs, -ēdis m. `Naschmaul, Feinschmecker; vapor (OLat vapōs), -ōris m. `Dunst, Dampf, Hitze, Gluthauch; Erregung'; vapidus, -a `kahmig', vappa f., vapiō f. `kahmiger Wein'
Albanian: kapitem `atme schwer'
Russ. meaning: дымить(ся), кипеть
References: WP I 379 f, Buck 73.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: кипе́ть,
Near etymology: киплю́, укр. кипíти, ст.-слав. кыпѣти, кыплѭ, болг. кипя́, сербохорв. ки́пjети, ки́пи̑м, словен. kipė́ti, kipím, чеш. kypěti, польск. kipieć.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. kūpė́ti, kūpù "бурлить, пениться, выливаться через край", лтш. kûpêt, -u "дымиться, чадить", др.-прусск. kupsins "туман", др.-инд. kúруаti "он потрясен, вскипает, гневается", kṓраs м. "кипение, гнев", kōрáуаti "потрясает", лат. сuрiō, -еrе "желать, жаждать, требовать", возм., ср.-в.-н. hорfеn, hupfen, др.-анrл. hоррiаn "прыгать" (-р- из -рn-); см. Бернекер 1, 678; Буга РФВ 67, 242; 71, 54; М.--Э. 2, 337; 354; Траутман, ВSW 147; Перссон, Beitr. 726; Миккола, Ursl. Gr. 1, 166; Френкель, IF 69, 297. С др. ступенью: чеш. kvapiti "спешить, торопиться", польск. kwapić, укр. ква́пити, болг. квап "поспешность". Подробнее см. Бернекер, там же; Траутман, там же; Вальде--Гофм. 1, 312.
Pages: 2,235-236
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *kwap-a- c., *kwep-ē̂- vb., Lith *kwē̃p- (*kwep-ja-) / Lett *kwē̂p- (2) vb., *kwē̂p-ē̂- (2) vb., *kwē̂p- (2) vb. intr. (Lett), *kwep- vb. intr., *kwap-ac., *kwap-u- adj., *kū̂p- (2) vb., *kū̂p-ē̂- (*kū̂p-a-) (2) vb., *kwē̂p-ia- (2) c., *kū̆p-[s]-in-[a]- m.
Meaning: smoke, smell
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: kvãpa-s `Hauch, Dunst, Wohlgeruf', kvepḗti (kvẽpia/kvẽpi) `riechen, duften', kvē̃pti (kvẽpia/kvē̃pia, kvē̃pē) `keuchen, atmen, einhauchen, eingeben, beizubringen versuchen', inch. kvèpti (kvem̃pa, kvèpō) 'Geruch bekommen', caus. kvēpìnti, kvēpìnti; kvãpa-s 'Hauch, Atem, Duft, Geruch', kvapù- 'duftend, aromatisch', kūpḗti (kū́pa) 'sieden, kochen'
Lettish: kvêpêt (-ẽju) tr. 'räuchern', kvêpt (-pstu, -pu) intr. 'qualmen, rauchen; sich beräucher lassen, unter dem Qualm, Rauch schmachten; duften; verkommen'; kvêpis 'der Scmutzige, Schmutzfink'; kûpt(-pstu, -pu) intr. 'qualmen, dampfen, rauchen', kûpêt (-u, -ẽju) 'rauchen, dampfen, qualmen, stäuben'
Old Prussian: kupsins V. 46 'Nebel'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xwapjan-, *xwapa-n
Meaning: extinguish, etc.
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: af-hʷapjan wk. `extinguish', *af-hʷapnan wk. `choke'
Old Norse: { hvap n. `dropiscal flesh' - откуда оно? }
Middle High German: verwëpfen wk. `umschlagen, kahmig werden (wein)'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 957
Root: (keu̯ǝp-:) ku̯ēp-, ku̯ǝp-, kū̆p- woneben vereinzeltes keu̯(e)p-, k(e)u̯ep-
English meaning: to smoke; to boil; to cook
German meaning: `rauchen, wallen, kochen; auch seelisch in Aufruhr, in heftiger Bewegung sein'
General comments: Aus ku̯- mehrfach bloßes k- wohl durch bereits uridg. Vereinfachung
Derivatives: kū̆p-ro-s `erwünscht'; ku̯ǝpo-s `Dunst'
Material: Ai. kúpyati (= lat. cupiō) `gerät in Wallung, zürnt', kṓpa- m. `Aufwallung, Zorn', kōpáyati `erschüttert, erzürnt'; cṓpati `bewegt sich, rührt sich'; kapi- (unbelegt) `Weihrauch', wozu als `*rauchfarben' kapilá-, kapiśá- `bräunlich, rötlich', auch kapí- m. `Affe';

    alb. kapitem `atme schwer' (wie lit. kūpúoti);

    gr. καπνός `Rauch', hom. ἀπὸ δε ψυχην ἐκάππυσεν `hauchte aus' : κάπυς uud κάπος πνευ̃μα Hes., κέκηφε τέθνηκε Hes., κεκαφηότα Hom. `aushauchend'; zur Dissimilation von *ku̯ap-no-s zu καπνός vgl. Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 302;

    lat. cupiō, -ere `begehren' (= ai. kúpyati), cuppēdo = `cupīdo', auch cuppēs `lüstern, bes. auf Leckereien', cuppēdium `Näscherei, Leckerbissen'; umbr. Cubrar `Bonae', sabin. cuprum `bonum' (`*erwünscht, begehrenswert' mit passivischem Formans -ro- wie clārus usw.); vapor `Dunst, Dampf, Brodem', alt uapōs (*ku̯apōs);

    air. ad-cobra `wünscht' (*-kuprāt), Verbaln. accobor (*ad-kupro-) `Wunsch', Thurneysen Gr. 139;

    got. afƕapjan (*ku̯ǝb- neben sonstigem *ku̯ǝp-) `ersticken, auslöschen', afƕapnan `erlöschen' (: ἀπο-καπύω), mhd. verwepfen `kahmig werden, vom Wein', nisl. hvap `dropsical flesh';

    lit. kvãpas m. `Hauch, Dunst, Wohlgeruch' (: lat. vapor), kvepiù, -ė́ti `duften' (-ĕ- kann balt. Ablautneubildung sein), kvėpiù, kvė̃pti `hauchen', lett. kvêpt `qualmen', kvêpes Pl. `Hauch, Qualm, Ruß', kvêpêt `räuchern', ablautend lit. kūpúoti `schwer atmen', lett. kûpêt `rauchen; dampfen, stäuben', kupināties `aufgehen (vom Teig)', kupt `gären', apr. kupsins `Nebel' (Ableitung von einem es-St. wie lat. vapor);

    aksl. kypljǫ, kypěti `wallen, überlaufen', kyprъ `locker, porös', čech. kyprý alt `strebsam, emsig, frisch'; klr. kvápyty śa `sich sputen, eilen'; mit (idg.) geschwundenem russ. kópotь (*koput-) f. `feiner Ruß, Staub', koptítь `mit Rauch schwarz machen, räuchern'; vielleicht aksl. koprъ `Dill' (riechende Pflanze; s. Berneker 564).

References: WP. I 379 f., WH. I 312 f., Trautmann 147.
Pages: 596-597
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 417
Proto: *kupla
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: foam bubble
German meaning: Schaumblase; Blase werfen
Finnish: kupla 'Wasserblase, Fischblase, Beule', kuula, -o 'Blase, Beule', kuplaa-, kupli- 'Blasen bilden'
Estonian: kubl (gen. -u, -i, -a) 'Bläschen, Pustel, Beule', kuple- 'Blasen werfen, aufkochen', kuplik 'kleines Insekt auf dem Wasser'
Saam (Lapp): goblo (N) 'pulmo', Go̮bo̮лuo͕ 'Lunge', koble- (Kld.) 'auf dem Wasser fließen', kuBlihaD́Ž́ (I) 'irgendeine Wasserlarve'
Mari (Cheremis): kǝ̑wǝ̑l (KB), kuwǝ̑l (U) 'Wasserblase'
Khanty (Ostyak): χŏmǝl (Ko.) 'Blase, Pustel, Schwiele', komḷǝŋ (V), χŏmǝlsŏχ (DN), χŏmlasŏχ (Ni.) 'Fischblase', kamǝḷki̮ (V), χŏmǝlχaj (DN), χămlȧś (O) 'Käfer, Wasserkäfer'
Mansi (Vogul): kɛ̮wl- (TJ) 'schwimmen', ki̮wlǝp (P) 'eine gegen den Strom gelegte Reuse', ki̮wǝlmt- (LM) 'flußabwärts zu gleiten beginnen (vom Fische)', χiwl- (So.) 'flußabwärts gleiten', kamlākt (VN pl.) 'Käfer'
Hungarian: hólyag (dial. hójig, hojog, holag, ho̰u̯jag, hulyag) 'Blase, Harnblase, Wasserblase' ?, hupalag, hupojag, hupolag, huppalag, kupalag 'Schwellung, Wulst' ?
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *Kopaḷ- (*-u-)
Meaning : blister, bubble
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *KUpaḷ-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *KUpaḷ-
Meaning : bubble, blister
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : koppaḷam, koppuḷ, koppuḷam
Tamil meaning : bubble; pustule, blister
Tamil derivates : koppaḷi (-pp-, -tt-), koppuḷi (-pp-, -tt-) to blister, rise in bubbles (as water), puff out the cheeks and blow; koppūẓ pustule, blister; kumiẓ (-pp-, -tt-) to be spherical or conical, form into bubble; kumiẓppu bubbling up; kumiẓi bubble; (-pp-, -tt-) to bubble, rise in bubbles or pustules
Malayalam : koppuḷ
Malayalam meaning : bubble, pustule
Malayalam derivates : kumaḷa, kumiḷa, kuvaḷa bubble; kumaḷekka to bubble up
Kannada : kuppaḷisu
Kannada meaning : to blister
Kannada derivates : (Tipt.) gɔbbe bubble
Tulu : gobbuli
Tulu meaning : bubble
Number in DED : 2106
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : KVPV
Meaning : to boil, foam
Eurasiatic : *ḳüpä
Afroasiatic : ? *kVp- 'foam' (Berb. + Ar.)
Sino-Caucasian : ? NC *kwōṗɨ ( ~ -u) 'sand, dirt, dust'
Reference : ОСНЯ 1, 363-365, ND 912.
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