Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salpa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stalpą (whence dialectal Swedish stalpe (“pole”)).
Noun
*salpa
- (Northern Finnic) bolt (door bolt)
Inflection
Inflection of *salpa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *salpa | *salbat | |
| accusative | *salban | *salbat | |
| genitive | *salban | *salpadën *salpoidën | |
| partitive | *salpada | *salpoida | |
| inessive | *salbassa *salbahna |
*salboissa *salboihna | |
| elative | *salbasta | *salboista | |
| illative | *salpahën | *salpoihën | |
| adessive | *salballa | *salboilla | |
| ablative | *salbalta | *salboilta | |
| allative | *salpalën *salpalëk |
*salpoilën *salpoilëk | |
| essive | *salpana | *salpoina | |
| translative | *salbaksi | *salboiksi | |
| instructive | *salban | *salboin | |
| comitative | *salpanëk | *salpoinëk | |
| abessive | *salbatta | *salboitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Finnish: salpa
- → Inari Sami: sälbi
- → Northern Sami: sálbi
- Karelian:
- Livvi: salbu
- Ludian: salb
- Veps: saub
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “salpa”, 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