< Reconstruction:Proto-Samic
Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/veapsē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004), the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword.
Noun
*veapsē
- fin
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Northern Sami: veaksi
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: vepsi
- Skolt Sami: veäʹpss
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.