Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuopērē
Proto-Samic
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *kapara, borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *hāfa- (later *hōfaz). Compare Proto-Finnic *kapja.
Noun
edit*kuopērē
Descendants
edit- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: kyeppir
- Skolt Sami: [Term?] (kɯ̆ə̆ᵓp̀per̜)
- → Finnish: kopara
Further reading
edit- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland