Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sappi

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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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *säppä. The development *ä-ä > *a-i is found in most applicable words of Uralic or Finno-Ugric pedigree, such as *talvi, *pooli, *loomi, and according to Zhivlov (2014), it is perhaps regular.

Noun

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*sappi[1]

  1. gall, bile
  2. halo

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: sapp
  • Finnish: sappi
  • Ingrian: sappi
  • Karelian: sappi, šappi
  • Livonian: zäp
  • Livvi: sappi
  • Ludian: sap
  • Veps: sap
  • Võro: sapp
  • Votic: sappi

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sappi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • sapp”, 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
  • Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.