Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/küpci

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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

According to Koivulehto, from earlier *küpte- or *kepte-, from Baltic *kʷep-tá (which would suggest *küpci, stem *küpte-, analogically to shifted to a stem in *-pse- after the change *c > *s). Latter from the past participle of Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (to cook, become ripe). The Indo-European root evidently had other variants, compare Proto-Italic *kʷekʷ-, Greek and Slavic *pekʷ- and Baltic *kʷep-.

Adjective

*küpci[1]

  1. well cooked
  2. ripened
  3. ripe

Inflection

Descendants

References

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