Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cüvä

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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]

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tiwä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *tëvē. Has also sometimes been considered a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (deep), but inheritance is more likely.

Adjective[edit]

*cüvä

  1. deep

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *tüvä

Further reading[edit]

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