Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kündäp'äs

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

Unknown.

Noun

*kündäp'äs[1]

  1. tendon, sinew
  2. European white elm (Ulmus laevis)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: künnapuu (+ puu), (dialectal) künnapas, künnap
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kynnäpäs, kynneppää, kynnepää, kynnäppää, kynnäpää, kynäjalava ?
  • Livonian: kīndabǟ
  • Võro: künnäpuu (+ puu)
  • Votic: tšünnäpuu (+ puu)

References

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

Further reading

  • künna-”, 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), “kynnepää”, in 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