Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hüüpi-

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

Onomatopoeic. Has been historically compared with Proto-Samic *ëpëkē (from Proto-Uralic *epiki), but Ante Aikio (2020) rejects this as a cognate.

Noun

*hüüpi-

1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Descendants

• Estonian: hüüp
• Finnish: hyypiä, hyypiö
• Ingrian: hyypiäs
• Karelian: (Northern) hyypie, (Southern) hyybie
• Livvi: hyybii
• Ludian: hüübij
• Veps: hübj
• Võro: hüüpli
• Votic: (Jõgõperä) üüpiäine, (Pummala) üüppiä

Further reading

• “hüüp”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft)‎^[2]