Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čeappē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śeppä (“skilled”). Compare Proto-Finnic *seppä (“smith”), Hungarian szép (“beautiful”).

Adjective

*čeappē (attributive *čeappēs)

  1. skilled, adept

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: tjiehpie, tjiehpies
    • Ume Sami: tjeähppie
    • Pite Sami: tjähppe, tjiehpes
    • Lule Sami: tjiehppe, tjiehpes
    • Northern Sami: čeahppi, čeahpẹs
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: čeppi, čepis
    • Skolt Sami: čeäʹpˈp, čeäppes
    • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (čep)
    • Kildin Sami: че̄һпь (čiehp’), че̄песь (čiep’es’)
    • Ter Sami: че̄һһпе (čiehhp’e)

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Lehtiranta, Juhani (1989), Yhteissaamelainen sanasto [Common Sami Vocabulary] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 200) (in Finnish), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN
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