Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lapa

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Noun

*lapa

1. blade

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *låpä
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: лабя (labya)
  • Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: лаб
      • Upper Ob: лааб
• >? Proto-Mordvinic: *lavtəŋ~*lavtəmə (“shoulder”)
  • • >? Erzya: лавтов (lavtov), лавтомо (lavtomo)
    • >? Moksha: лавту (lavtu)
• Proto-Samic: *luopē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *lapa (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #456 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.