Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ülpedä

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly derived from *ülä with +‎ *-edä, although the origin of the *-p- is unclear.

Adjective

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*ülpedä

  1. proud, arrogant
  2. disobedient, rambunctious

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: ülbe
  • Finnish: ylpeä
  • Ingrian: ylpiä
  • Karelian: ylpie (Northern), ylbie (Southern)
  • Livvi: ylbei
  • Votic: ülpiä

Further reading

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