[cʰupnā], v.i. to hide, conceal oneself, be covered.
[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *chupp- ‘cover, hide’ <√sku ‘pick, poke, press, cover’ ◀PIE *(s)keu-, (s)keu̯ǝ, (s)kū- ‘to cover, wrap’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. hide, hose, hoard ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. sky, scum, hut ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0458; (Turner, 1966) 5058; (MW, 1899) 1257; (Pokorny, 1959) 0951; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.751
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