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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cüvä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tiwä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *tëvē.

Adjective

*cüvä

  1. deep

Inflection

Descendants

From *tüvä

  • Livonian: tõvā

Further reading

  • süva in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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