earlier *lopsē, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Uralic *lupsa. Related to Eastern Mari лупс (lups) and Western Mari лыпш (lypš). *<span class="searchmatch">lëpsē</span> dew Western <span class="searchmatch">Samic</span>: Southern Sami: lepsie...
Proto-Mari: *lŭpš Eastern Mari: лупс (lups) Western Mari: лыпш (lypš) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Samic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">lëpsē</span> (see there for further descendants) Aikio, Ante. 2006. "On Germanic-Saami...