Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/küpci

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

According to Koivulehto, from earlier *küpte- or *kepte-, from Baltic *kʷep-tá (which would suggest *küpci, stem *küpte-, analogically to shifted to a stem in *-pse- after the change *c > *s). Latter from the past participle of Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (to cook, become ripe). The Indo-European root evidently had other variants, compare Proto-Italic *kʷekʷ-, Greek and Slavic *pekʷ- and Baltic *kʷep-.

Adjective edit

*küpci

  1. well cooked
  2. ripened
  3. ripe

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: küps
  • Finnish: kypsä, kystä, (dialectal) kypsi
  • Ingrian: küpsi
  • Karelian: küpsü
  • Veps: küps
  • Votic: tšühseä