Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kimppu

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

*kimppu[1]

  1. bundle, bunch

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kimp
  • Finnish: kimppu
    • Inari Sami: kimppo
    • Lule Sami: gimmpo
    • Northern Sami: gimpu
  • Ingrian: kimppu
  • Karelian: kimppu
  • Livonian: kimp
  • Livvi: kimpu
  • Võro: kimp
  • Latvian: ķimpa (dialectal)

References

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

Further reading

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