Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vepcidäk

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

From *vepci +‎ *-idäk.

Verb

*vepcidäk (stem *vepci-)

  1. to wind (yarn)

Inflection

Descendants

From *vepcidäk:

  • Livonian: vepšõ
  • Votic: vehsiä

From *vipcidäk:

  • Estonian: viipsima/viipsida
  • Finnish: (dialectal) viipsiä, vipsiä
  • Ingrian: viipsiä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: viipsie
    • South Karelian: viipsie
  • Veps: bipštä, vipšta

Further reading

  • viipsima”, 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), “viipsiä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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