Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ülpedä

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

Possibly derived from *ülä with +‎ *-edä, although the origin of the *-p- is unclear.

Adjective

*ülpedä

1. proud, arrogant
2. disobedient, rambunctious

Inflection

Inflection of *ülpedä

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ülpedä	*ülpedät
accusative		*ülpedän	*ülpedät
genitive		*ülpedän	*ülpedäden *ülpedeiden
partitive		*ülpedätä	*ülpedeitä
inessive		*ülpedässä *ülpedähnä	*ülpedeissä *ülpedeihnä
elative		*ülpedästä	*ülpedeistä
illative		*ülpedäsen	*ülpedeisen
adessive		*ülpedällä	*ülpedeillä
ablative		*ülpedältä	*ülpedeiltä
allative		*ülpedälen *ülpedälek	*ülpedeilen *ülpedeilek
essive		*ülpedänä	*ülpedeinä
translative		*ülpedäksi	*ülpedeiksi
instructive		*ülpedän	*ülpedein
comitative		*ülpedänek	*ülpedeinek
abessive		*ülpedättä	*ülpedeittä

Descendants

• Estonian: ülbe
• Finnish: ylpeä
  • → Inari Sami: ilbâd
  • → Northern Sami: hilbat
• Ingrian: ylpiä
• Karelian: ylpie (Northern), ylbie (Southern)
• Livvi: ylbei
• Votic: ülpiä

Further reading

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