Unknown. Possibly a substrate borrowing, from the same substrate as Proto-Germanic *aspō and Latvian apse.[1] The aforementioned words are sometimes considered to originate from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-, but the term is highly areal. Alternatively, if the word is original in Indo-European, the Finnic term could be borrowed by metathesis (*ašpa > *šapa) from one of them, such as Proto-Germanic *aspō.
*haapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *haapa | *haabat | |
accusative | *haaban | *haabat | |
genitive | *haaban | *haapadën *haapoidën | |
partitive | *haapada | *haapoida | |
inessive | *haabassa *haabahna |
*haaboissa *haaboihna | |
elative | *haabasta | *haaboista | |
illative | *haapahën | *haapoihën | |
adessive | *haaballa | *haaboilla | |
ablative | *haabalta | *haaboilta | |
allative | *haapalën *haapalëk |
*haapoilën *haapoilëk | |
essive | *haapana | *haapoina | |
translative | *haabaksi | *haaboiksi | |
instructive | *haaban | *haaboin | |
comitative | *haapanëk | *haapoinëk | |
abessive | *haabatta | *haaboitta |