Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/läpi

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

Probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *läpe (whence Eastern Mari леп (ĺep, fontanelle)).[1]

Adverb

*läpi

  1. through

Noun

*läpi[2]

  1. hole, opening
    Synonyms: *aukko, *mulkku, *raika

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: läbi
  • Finnish: läpi
  • Ingrian: läpi
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: le’b
  • Livvi: läbi
  • Ludian: läbi
  • Veps: läbi
  • Võro: läbi
  • Votic: läpi

References

  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas. Läpiä päähän: Huomioita itämerensuomalaisesta läpi-sanueesta (2020). in мас сымыӈ нэ̄кве во̄ртур э̄тпост самын патум: Scripta miscellanea in honorem Ulla-Maija Forsberg. pp. 228–232. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*läpi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • läbi”, 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), “läpi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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