Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëpo

Etymology
. Commonly suspected to derive from in some fashion, but no clear source has been found. Metathesis from earlier has been suggested, with a possible parallel in ), which would then be borrowed from . LÄGLOS remains skeptical about the possibility.

Has been compared earlier also with Danish, Old Norse (from ), or with , ,  but since 1950 these have been considered phonetically untenable. The Komi and Udmurt words are possibly rather cognate with.

Noun

 * 1)  horse

Descendants

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