Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/limppa

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

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, according to EES, possibly of sound-symbolic origin.[1]

Adjective

*limppa[2]

  1. limping; lame

Inflection

Inflection of *limppa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *limppa *limp'at
accusative *limp'an *limp'at
genitive *limp'an *limppadën
*limppoidën
partitive *limppada *limppoida
inessive *limp'assa
*limp'ahna 		*limp'oissa
*limp'oihna
elative *limp'asta *limp'oista
illative *limppahën *limppoihën
adessive *limp'alla *limp'oilla
ablative *limp'alta *limp'oilta
allative *limppalën
*limppalëk 		*limppoilën
*limppoilëk
essive *limppana *limppoina
translative *limp'aksi *limp'oiksi
instructive *limp'an *limp'oin
comitative *limppanëk *limppoinëk
abessive *limp'atta *limp'oitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) limppa, ⇒ limppajalka, limppakinttu
  • Võro: limp

References

  1. ^ “limpama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*limppa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “limppa”, in 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
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