Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kepjä

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *kepä.

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Adjective

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*kepjä

  1. light, of little weight

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kebja
  • Finnish: keviä (> misinterpreted keveä)
  • Livonian: kievām
  • Livvi: kebjei
  • Ludian: kebď, kebďed
  • Veps: kebnei
  • Votic: (Lempola, Mati, Pummala) tšebjä