Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapsa-
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian vapsva, Old Prussian wobse), from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.
Noun
*vapsa-
Descendants
- Estonian: vapsik
- Finnish: vaapsahainen, (dialectal) vapsahainen, vapsainen, vapsalainen
- Ingrian: vaapsahain
- Karelian: voapsahaine
- Livonian: vaps
- Ludian: vuopsahaine
- Veps: bapshaine
- Võro: vask'lanõ, vask'lik
- Votic: vaapsõlain
Further reading
- “vapsik”, 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), “vaapsahainen”, 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