Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/räpäleh

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

According to EES, sound-symbolic.[1]

Adjective

*räpäleh[2]

  1. poor, shoddy, ragged

Noun

*räpäleh[2]

  1. rag, tatter

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: räbal
  • Finnish: rääpäle, (dialectal) räpäle
  • Ingrian: räpäle
  • Karelian: räpäleh, reäpäleh
  • Livvi: räbäleh
  • Võro: räpäl'
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) räpälä

References

  1. ^ räbal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*räpäleh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)