Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lupa

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lubą, whence also Old Norse lof (permission).

Noun edit

*lupa

  1. permission

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: luba
    • Livonian: lubā
  • Finnish: lupa
  • Ingrian: lupa
  • Karelian: lupa
  • Livvi: luba
  • Võro: luba
  • Votic: lupa
  • Proto-Samic: *lopē

Further reading edit

  • luba”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012