Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arpi

This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arwaz or corresponding pre-Proto-Norse *arwiz (whence Old Norse ǫrr). May have displaced *loomi from this meaning.

Noun

*arpi^[1]

scar
scab

Inflection

Inflection of *arpi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*arpi	*arbët
accusative	*arbën	*arbët
genitive	*arbën	arpëdën arpidën
partitive	*arpëda	*arpida
inessive	arbëssa arbëhna	arbissa arbihna
elative	*arbësta	*arbista
illative	*arpëhën	*arpihën
adessive	*arbëlla	*arbilla
ablative	*arbëlta	*arbilta
allative	arpëlën arpëlëk	arpilën arpilëk
essive	*arpëna	*arpina
translative	*arbëksi	*arbiksi
instructive	*arbën	*arbin
comitative	*arpënëk	*arpinëk
abessive	*arbëtta	*arbitta

Descendants

Estonian: arm, (dialectal) arb
Finnish: arpi
Ingrian: arpi
Karelian:
- North Karelian: arpi
- South Karelian: (dialectal) arbi
Livonian: ärb
Samic:
- → Northern Sami: árpa
- → Kildin Sami: а̄ррьп (ārr’p)
- → Skolt Sami: arbb

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*arpi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“arm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*arpi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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