Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lippi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from *lip'at'ak (“to throw, to scoop”) + *-i.
Noun
*lippi
Inflection
Inflection of *lippi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lippi | *lip'it | |
| accusative | *lip'in | *lip'it | |
| genitive | *lip'in | *lippiden *lippejiden | |
| partitive | *lippidä | *lippejitä | |
| inessive | *lip'issä *lip'ihnä |
*lippejissä *lippejihnä | |
| elative | *lip'istä | *lippejistä | |
| illative | *lippihen | *lippejisen | |
| adessive | *lip'illä | *lippejillä | |
| ablative | *lip'iltä | *lippejiltä | |
| allative | *lippilen *lippilek |
*lippejilen *lippejilek | |
| essive | *lippinä | *lippejinä | |
| translative | *lip'iksi | *lippejiksi | |
| instructive | *lip'in | *lippejin | |
| comitative | *lippinek | *lippejinek | |
| abessive | *lip'ittä | *lippejittä | |
Descendants
From *lip'iccä (extended with *-icca):
- Estonian: lipits
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: lipiččä
- South Karelian: lipiččä
- Livvi: lipiččy
- Ludian: lipič
- Veps: lipič
- Võro: lipits
- Votic: lipittsõ
Further reading
- “lipp”, 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), “lippi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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