Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sepidäk

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

Unknown. Possibly *sepä +‎ *-idäk, although the semantics are a problem.

Verb

*sepidäk (stem *sepi-)[1]

  1. to wrap, to coil

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sebima/sebida
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) sepiä, sepivä
  • Ingrian: seppiä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šepie
    • South Karelian: sebie
  • Livonian: sie’bbõ
  • Livvi: sebie
  • Votic: seppiä

Further reading

  • sebima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sepiä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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

References

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