Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häpedä

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

    Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawiþą (compare Old Norse háð).

    Noun

    *häpedä

    1. shame

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • Estonian: häbe
    • Finnish: häpeä
      • Northern Sami: heahpat
    • Ingrian: häppiä
    • Karelian:
      • North Karelian: häpie
      • South Karelian: häbie
    • Livvi: (dialectal, rare) häbei
    • Votic: äppiä

    Further reading

    • häbi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
    • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “häpeä”, 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