Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/repäinen

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

From *repäs +‎ *-inën,[1] from Proto-Uralic *repäć. See also *repoi.

Noun

*repäinen

  1. fox
    Synonym: *repoi

Inflection

Inflection of *repäinen
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *repäinen *repäicet
accusative *repäicen *repäicet
genitive *repäicen *rebäicten
*repäiciden
partitive *rebäictä *repäicitä
inessive *repäicessä
*repäicehnä 		*repäicissä
*repäicihnä
elative *repäicestä *repäicistä
illative *repäicesen *repäicisen
adessive *repäicellä *repäicillä
ablative *repäiceltä *repäiciltä
allative *repäicelen
*repäicelek 		*repäicilen
*repäicilek
essive *rebäinnä *repäicinä
translative *repäiceksi *repäiciksi
instructive *repäicen *repäicin
comitative *rebäinnek *repäicinek
abessive *repäicettä *repäicittä

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Estonian: rebane
  • Livonian: re’bbi, (Salaca) räbbi
  • Veps: rebaane (Southern dialect) (possibly a later creation from *repoi[1])
  • Võro: repäń
  • → Proto-Samic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Palmér, Axel; Jakob, Anthony; Thorsø, Rasmus; Paulus, van Sluis; Swanenvleugel, Cid; Kroonen, Guus (2021), “Proto-Indo-European ‘fox’ and the reconstruction of an athematic ḱ-stem”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎[1], volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 246 of 234–263

Further reading

  • “rebane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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