Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rääp'üs

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. Possibly from the same root as *räpäleh.

Noun

*rääp'üs[1]

  1. vendace (Coregonus albula)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: rääbis
  • Finnish: rääpys
    • Northern Sami: reavas
    • Skolt Sami: riâvâs
    • Swedish: rabboxe
  • Ingrian: rääpys
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: riäpöi
  • Livonian: repšõz
  • Livvi: riäpöi
  • Ludian: riäpüz
  • Veps: räpuz
  • Võro: rääbüs
  • Latvian: repsis
  • Russian: ряпушка (rjapuška)

References

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

Further reading

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