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 is not a certain descendant due to the semantic gap, and an alternative Turkic etymology for it has also been proposed.[1]

Adjective

*śeppä

skilled

Descendants

Proto-Finnic: *seppä (“smith”)
- Estonian: sepp
- Finnish: seppä
- Ingrian: seppä
- Karelian: šeppä
- Livonian: siepā
- Livvi: seppy
- Ludian: sepp
- Veps: sep
- Võro: sepp
- Votic: seppe
Proto-Samic: *čeappē (“skilled, adept”)
- Western Samic:
  - Southern Sami: tjiehpie, tjiehpies
  - Ume Sami: tjeähppie
  - Pite Sami: tjähppe, tjiehpes
  - Lule Sami: tjiehppe, tjiehpes
  - Northern Sami: čeahppi, čeahpẹs
- Eastern Samic:
  - Inari Sami: čeppi, čepis
  - Skolt Sami: čeäʹpˈp, čeäppes
  - Akkala Sami: [script needed] (čep)
  - Kildin Sami: че̄һпь (čiehp’), че̄песь (čiep’es’)
  - Ter Sami: че̄һһпе
>? Hungarian: szép (“beautiful”)

References

Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “seppä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish)