Where does “parõpi” come from?

parõpi (Votic) comes from Finnish parempi, from Proto-Finnic parempa, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.

parõpi (Votic): comparative degree of üvä

Definitions

  1. comparative degree of üvä

Ancestry of “parõpi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparempicomparative degree of hyvä
2Proto-Finnicparempabetter
3Proto-Finnicparassuperlative degree of *hüvä
4Proto-Finno-Permicparagood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic para →Every word from Proto-Finnic paras →Every word from Proto-Finnic parempa →