Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupla

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Cognates include Proto-Samic *koplē (bladder).

Noun edit

*kupla

  1. bubble
    Synonym: *pullo
  2. swim bladder

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kubel
  • Finnish: kupla, (dialectal) kuula
  • Ingrian: kupla
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kublu
  • Ludian: kubl
  • Võro: kubõl, kubyl', kupl

Further reading edit

  • kubel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #413 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.