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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nepada

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

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

Noun

*nepada

  1. cousin

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: nõbu (< *nepo(i) )
  • Finnish: nepaa (archaic, dialectal)

Further reading

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

References

  1. Junttila, Santeri: Lähtökielen sanansisäisten soinnittomien klusiilien edustus kantasuomen balttilaislainoissa:Osa I. Edustus kohdekielen lyhyen vokaalin jäljessä SUSA 96 (2017)
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