Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kimppu

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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]

Unknown, possibly sound-symbolic

Noun[edit]

*kimppu

  1. bundle, bunch

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: kimp
  • Finnish: kimppu
  • Ingrian: kimppu
  • Karelian: kimppu
  • Livonian: kimp
  • Livvi: kimpu
  • Võro: kimp
  • Latvian: ķimpa (dialectal)

Further reading[edit]

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