Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/napa
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either from Proto-Germanic *nabō, or from Baltic (compare Latvian naba); in either case from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰeh₂ (“navel, hub”). EES suggests that loaning from Baltic is more likely in light of some other Finnic body part terms being derived from the same direction (e.g. *hambas, *kakla, *raici).
Noun[edit]
*napa
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: naba
- Finnish: napa
- Ingrian: napa
- Karelian: (Northern) n’apa, (Southern) n’aba
- Livonian: nabā
- Livvi: ńaba
- Ludian: ńaba
- Veps: ńaba
- Võro: naba
- Veps: napa
- → Proto-Samic: *nāpē (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- “naba”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.