Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/repäinen

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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

From a root *repä +‎ *-inën, from Proto-Finno-Permic *repä, borrowed from Indo-Iranian language (compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬞𐬌 (raopi)).

Noun

*repäinen

  1. fox
    Synonym: *repoi

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: rebane
  • Livonian:
  • Veps: rebaane (Southern dialect)
  • Võro: repän'
  • Proto-Samic:

Further reading

  • rebane”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012