Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turpa

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 1

    From Proto-Finno-Permic *turpa.

    Noun

    *turpa[1]

    1. muzzle (part of animal's head)
    Inflection
    Descendants
    • Finnish: turpa
      • ? Northern Sami: [Term?] (ᴛu̮rᵘ̮ᴘᴘᴱ̬) (dialectal)
      • ? Inari Sami: turbe
      • ? Skolt Sami: tuʹrbb
      • ? Kildin Sami: туррьп (turr’p)
      • ? Ter Sami: [script needed] (turpä)
    • Karelian:
    • Livvi: turbu
    • Ludian: turb
    • Veps: turb

    References

    1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*turpa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

    Etymology 2

      Possibly from the same root as Etymology 1.

      Noun

      *turpa[1]

      1. European chub (Squalius cephalus)
      Inflection
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*turpa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

      Further reading

      • turb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
      • Entry #1658 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.