Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ripsi

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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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *rëpsë, both probably borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *hrispō (whence Swedish risp (oat panicle)).

Noun

*ripsi[1]

  1. oat panicle
  2. eyelash

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ripse
  • Finnish: ripsi
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: rips
  • Livvi: ripsi
  • Votic: ripsi

From *ripsu:

References

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

Further reading

  • ripse”, 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), “ripsi”, in 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