English
Korpela
Korpela comes from Finnish korpi ‘deep forest’, and goes back to Proto-Finnic *korpi.
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*korpi‘deep forest’reconstructed
- Finnishmodernkorpi‘deep forest’
- Finnish, derivedmodernKorpela
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*korpi‘deep forest’reconstructed
- Finnishmodernkorpi‘deep forest’
- Finnish, derivedmodernKorpela
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Finnic *korpi
Today it means
name A surname from Finnish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Finnic *korpi / Korpela