Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kumpu

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 earlier *kumpi +‎ *-u, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kumpe (hillock, tussock). Cognates include Proto-Samic *kompë and probably Proto-Mari *kŭp (swamp).[1]

Noun

edit

*kumpu[2]

  1. hillock, knoll

Inflection

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Finnish: kumpu
  • Karelian:

References

edit
  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas. Periytyminen ja lainautuminen: Marin ja permiläisten kielten sanastontutkimusta (2020). University of Helsinki (Doctoral dissertation). pp. 241–243
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kumpu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)