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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëpada

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

From earlier *nëpata, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *nepātja- (whence Old Lithuanian nepuotis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. [1]

Noun

*nëpada[2]

  1. cousin, cousin's child

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: (archaic, dialectal) nepaa

From *nëpoi:

References

  1. Junttila, Santeri: Lähtökielen sanansisäisten soinnittomien klusiilien edustus kantasuomen balttilaislainoissa:Osa I. Edustus kohdekielen lyhyen vokaalin jäljessä SUSA 96 (2017)
  2. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nëpada”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

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