Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cüvä

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 from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tiwä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *tëvē. Has also sometimes been considered a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (deep), but inheritance is more likely.

Adjective

*cüvä[1]

  1. deep

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: süva
  • Finnish: syvä
  • Ingrian: syvä
  • Karelian: syvä, šyvä
  • Livvi: syvä
  • Ludian: šüvä
  • Veps: süvä
  • Võro: süvä
  • Votic: süvä

From *tüvä

  • Livonian: tõvā

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*cüvä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • süva”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012