Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haapa

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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

Unknown. Possibly a substrate borrowing, from the same substrate as Proto-Germanic *aspō and Latvian apse.[1] The aforementioned words are sometimes considered to originate from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-, but the term is highly areal. Alternatively, if the word is original in Indo-European, the Finnic term could be borrowed by metathesis (*ašpa > *šapa) from one of them, such as Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Noun edit

*haapa

  1. aspen

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: haab
  • Finnish: haapa
  • Ingrian: haapa
  • Karelian: (Northern) hoapa, (Southern) hoaba, huaba
  • Livonian: ǭbõ
  • Livvi: huabu
  • Ludian: huab
  • Veps: hab
  • Võro: haav
  • Votic: aapõ

References edit

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “haapa”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29