Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/napa
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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
Either from Proto-Germanic *nabō, or from Baltic (compare Latvian naba); in either case from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰeh₂ (“navel, hub”). EES suggests that loaning from Baltic is more likely in light of some other Finnic body part terms being derived from the same direction (e.g. *hambas, *kakla, *raici).
Noun
*napa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *napa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *napa | *nabat | |
| accusative | *naban | *nabat | |
| genitive | *naban | *napadën *napoidën | |
| partitive | *napada | *napoida | |
| inessive | *nabassa *nabahna |
*naboissa *naboihna | |
| elative | *nabasta | *naboista | |
| illative | *napahën | *napoihën | |
| adessive | *naballa | *naboilla | |
| ablative | *nabalta | *naboilta | |
| allative | *napalën *napalëk |
*napoilën *napoilëk | |
| essive | *napana | *napoina | |
| translative | *nabaksi | *naboiksi | |
| instructive | *naban | *naboin | |
| comitative | *napanëk | *napoinëk | |
| abessive | *nabatta | *naboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: naba
- Finnish: napa
- Ingrian: napa
- Karelian: (Northern) n’apa, (Southern) n’aba
- Livonian: nabā
- Livvi: ńaba
- Ludian: ńaba
- Veps: ńaba
- Võro: naba
- Veps: napa
- → Proto-Samic: *nāpē (see there for further descendants)
References
- “naba”, in 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.