Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tapa

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

Borrowed from Baltic, compare Latvian daba, Lithuanian daba. Comparisons with Germanic have also been proposed.

Noun

*tapa

way, custom
nature

Descendants

Estonian: tava
Finnish: tapa
Ingrian: tapa
Karelian: tapa
Livonian: dabā
Livvi: taba
Ludian: taba
Veps: taba
Votic: tapa

References

tava in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN