Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/repäć

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás (“jackal, fox”).[1]

Noun

*repäć[1]

  1. fox

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Proto-Finnic: *repäs[1]
    • ⇒ *repoi (with suffix substitution) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ *repäinen (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *riwəž
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
  • >? Proto-Permic: *roću̇ (or an independent borrowing from Iranian[1])
  • Proto-Samic: *reapēš
    • Lule Sami: riebij
    • Northern Sami: rēbeš
    • Southern Sami: riepie
  • → Proto-Norse: *rebaʀ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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, pages 234–263
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