Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupo

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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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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian guba and Lithuanian guba).

Noun

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*kupo

  1. sheaf, bundle (of straw, sticks, flax, etc.)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kubu
    • Finnish: kupu (dialectal)
    • Ingrian: kupu
  • Finnish: kupo
  • Ingrian: kupo
  • Karelian: kupo, kubo
  • Livonian: ku’b
  • Livvi: kubo
  • Ludian: kubo
  • Võro: kubo
  • Votic: kupo

Further reading

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