Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/käpü

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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

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Etymology

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From *käpä (found in Livonian) + *-u. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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*käpü

  1. conifer cone, strobilus
  2. netting needle

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: käbi
  • Finnish: käpy
  • Ingrian: käpy
  • Karelian: käpy, käby
  • Livvi: käbü
  • Ludian: käbü
  • Veps: käbu
  • Votic: tšäpü

From *käpä:

Further reading

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  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*käpä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • käbi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012