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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leppä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Possibly from Baltic, compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Noun

*leppä

  1. alder (tree)
  2. blood

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lepp
  • Finnish: leppä
  • Ingrian: leppä
  • Karelian: leppä
  • Livonian: liepā
  • Livvi: leppy
  • Ludian: lepp
  • Veps: lep
  • Võro: lepp
  • Votic: leppe
  • ? → Erzya: лепе (ľepe)
  • ? → Moksha: лепе (ľepe)

References

  • lepp”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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