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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapja

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Suggested to be an early borrowing from Germanic; from pre-Germanic *kāpa- or early Proto-Germanic *hāfaz (later *hōfaz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós.

Noun

*kapja

  1. hoof

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kabi
  • Finnish: kavio, (dialectal) kapio, kapia
  • Ingrian: kabja
  • Karelian: kapie, kabia
  • Livonian: käbā
  • Livvi: kabju
  • Ludian: kabď, kabju, kabje
  • Veps: kabj
  • Võro: kabi
  • Votic: kabja

References

  • kabi in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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