Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koipa

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

*koipa

  1. leg of an animal

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: koib
  • Livonian: kūoiba
    • Latvian: kuiba
      • Lithuanian: kuibina
  • Võro: koib
  • Votic: koipõ

From *koipi:

  • Finnish: koipi
    • Swedish: (dialectal; Finland) kojp
  • Ingrian: koipi
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: koipi
    South Karelian: koibi
  • Ludian: koib
  • Russian: (dialectal) [script needed] (kójba)

Further reading

  • koib”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*koipV”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)