Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lippu

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

Sound-symbolic

Noun

*lippu

1. small piece of cloth/fabric

Inflection

Inflection of *lippu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lippu	*lip'ut
accusative		*lip'un	*lip'ut
genitive		*lip'un	*lippudën *lippuidën
partitive		*lippuda	*lippuida
inessive		*lip'ussa *lip'uhna	*lip'uissa *lip'uihna
elative		*lip'usta	*lip'uista
illative		*lippuhën	*lippuihën
adessive		*lip'ulla	*lip'uilla
ablative		*lip'ulta	*lip'uilta
allative		*lippulën *lippulëk	*lippuilën *lippuilëk
essive		*lippuna	*lippuina
translative		*lip'uksi	*lip'uiksi
instructive		*lip'un	*lip'uin
comitative		*lippunëk	*lippuinëk
abessive		*lip'utta	*lip'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lipp
• Finnish: lippu
  • → Northern Sami: lihppu
• Ingrian: lippu
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lippu
  • South Karelian: lippu
• Livonian: lip
  • → Latvian: ļipa (or from Estonian)
• Livvi: lippu
• Võro: lipp
• Votic: lippu

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), “lippu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN