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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/käpälä

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

Probably related to *käppä, perhaps with the diminutive + *-lä.

Noun

*käpälä

  1. paw

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: käbar
  • Finnish: käpälä
    • Northern Sami: geahpil
  • Ingrian: käpälä
  • Karelian: käpälä, käbälä
  • Livvi: käbäl
  • Ludian: käbäl
  • Veps: käbäl
  • Votic: tšäpäle

Further reading

  • käbar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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