Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śeppä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Reconstruction

The word can only be reliably reconstructed to Finno-Samic/Western Uralic. Hungarian szép (“beautiful”) is not a certain descendant due to the semantic gap, and an alternative Turkic etymology for it has also been proposed.[1] Aikio (2020), however, points out that numerous semantic parallels can be found e.g. Old English prættig (“wily, crafty, skillful”) > English pretty, Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“clever, skillful”) > Danish køn (“pretty, good-looking”), Proto-Finnic *käpedä (“brisk, swift”) > Ingrian käppiä (“beautiful”) and that both "skilled" and "beautiful" might reflect some unattested third meaning such as "good".[2]

Adjective

*śeppä

  1. skilled

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: szép
  • Proto-Samic: *čeappē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *seppä (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “seppä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Ante Aikio (2020), Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)‎[2], page 121

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