Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëpo

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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Unclear. Commonly suspected to derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos in some fashion, but no clear source has been found. Metathesis from earlier *ëhpo has been suggested, with a possible parallel in *haapa), which would then be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz. LÄGLOS remains skeptical about the possibility.

Has been compared earlier also with Danish hoppe (adult female horse), Old Norse hoppa (from Proto-Germanic *huppōną), or with Eastern Mari чома (čoma, foal), Komi-Zyrian чань (ćań, foal), Udmurt чуньы (ćuńy, foal) but since 1950 these have been considered phonetically untenable. The Komi and Udmurt words are possibly rather cognate with *sonni.

Noun

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*hëpo[1]

  1. horse

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: hobu
  • Finnish: hepo
  • Ingrian: hepo
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: hepo
    • South Karelian: hebo
  • Livvi: hebo
  • Ludian: hebo
  • Veps: hebo
  • Votic: õpo, opo

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hëpo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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