Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čeappē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śeppä (“skilled”). Compare Proto-Finnic *seppä (“smith”), Hungarian szép (“beautiful”).

Adjective

*čeappē (attributive *čeappēs)

1. skilled, adept

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjiehpie, tjiehpies
  • Ume Sami: tjeähppie
  • Pite Sami: tjähppe, tjiehpes
  • Lule Sami: tjiehppe, tjiehpes
  • Northern Sami: čeahppi, čeahpẹs
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čeppi, čepis
  • Skolt Sami: čeäʹpˈp, čeäppes
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (čep)
  • Kildin Sami: че̄һпь (čiehp’), че̄песь (čiepjes’)
  • Ter Sami: че̄һһпе (čiehhpʼe)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1989–2001. Yhteissaamelainen sanasto ('Common Sami Vocabulary'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 200. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.