Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arpi

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arwaz or corresponding pre-Proto-Norse *arwiz (whence Old Norse ǫrr). May have displaced *loomi from this meaning.

Noun[edit]

*arpi

  1. scar
  2. scab

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: arm, (dialectal) arb
  • Finnish: arpi
  • Ingrian: arpi
  • Karelian: arpi, arbi
  • Livonian: ärb
  • Samic:

References[edit]

  • arm”, in [ETY] 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN