Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nopëda

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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]

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse snœfr). Alternatively, and less likely, from the same root as *noppidak. Either way, derived with the suffix *-ëda.

Adjective[edit]

*nopëda

  1. fast, quick

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: nobe
  • Finnish: nopea
  • Võro: nopõ

Further reading[edit]

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