Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiperä

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

Etymology

According to SSA and EES, sound-symbolic.[1][2] Probably with the suffix *-rä.

Adjective

*kiperä[3]

  1. curved, curly, winding

Noun

*kiperä

  1. wrinkle, crinkle, pucker

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kiber
  • Finnish: kiperä
  • Ingrian: kippura
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: kiberä
  • Livvi: kiber
  • Veps: kibrik
  • Võro: kipr
  • Votic: tšippura

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kiperä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. ^ kiber”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kiperä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)