Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sampi

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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Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śampe (whence Southern Mansi шупу (šupu)). Alternatively, possibly derived from *sambas, or borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian stambus (large)).

Noun

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*sampi

  1. sturgeon (Acipenseridae)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: sampi

From *sampa:

Further reading

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  • samb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #932 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.