Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apila

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian dobilas, Old Prussian wobilis).

Noun

*apila

  1. clover (plant in the genus Trifolium)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: apila
  • Livonian: ǭ'biļ
  • Votic: (obsolete) apila (Vilbaste)

From *apilas:

  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: apilaš
    • South Karelian: apilaš
  • Livvi: abilaz