Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupo

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian guba and Lithuanian guba).

Noun

*kupo[1]

  1. sheaf, bundle (of straw, sticks, flax, etc.)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kubu
    • Finnish: kupu (dialectal)
    • Ingrian: kupu
  • Finnish: kupo
  • Ingrian: kupo
  • Karelian: kupo, kubo
  • Livonian: ku’b
  • Livvi: kubo
  • Ludian: kubo
  • Võro: kubo
  • Votic: kupo

References

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

Further reading

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