Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/napa

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

Either from Proto-Germanic *nabō, or from Baltic (compare Latvian naba); in either case from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰeh₂ (“navel, hub”). EES suggests that loaning from Baltic is more likely in light of some other Finnic body part terms being derived from the same direction (e.g. *hambas, *kakla, *raici).

Noun

*napa

1. navel
2. hub

Inflection

Inflection of *napa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*napa	*nabat
accusative		*naban	*nabat
genitive		*naban	*napadën *napoidën
partitive		*napada	*napoida
inessive		*nabassa *nabahna	*naboissa *naboihna
elative		*nabasta	*naboista
illative		*napahën	*napoihën
adessive		*naballa	*naboilla
ablative		*nabalta	*naboilta
allative		*napalën *napalëk	*napoilën *napoilëk
essive		*napana	*napoina
translative		*nabaksi	*naboiksi
instructive		*naban	*naboin
comitative		*napanëk	*napoinëk
abessive		*nabatta	*naboitta

Descendants

• Estonian: naba
• Finnish: napa
• Ingrian: napa
• Karelian: (Northern) n’apa, (Southern) n’aba
• Livonian: nabā
• Livvi: ńaba
• Ludian: ńaba
• Veps: ńaba
• Võro: naba
• Veps: napa
• → Proto-Samic: *nāpē (see there for further descendants)

References

• “naba”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
• Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.