Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kilpi

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 borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *hlībō, whence Old Norse hlíf. Cognate with Proto-Samic *këlpë

Noun

*kilpi

1. shield

Inflection

Inflection of *kilpi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kilpi	*kilbet
accusative		*kilben	*kilbet
genitive		*kilben	*kilpeden *kilpiden
partitive		*kilpedä	*kilpidä
inessive		*kilbessä *kilbehnä	*kilbissä *kilbihnä
elative		*kilbestä	*kilbistä
illative		*kilpehen	*kilpihen
adessive		*kilbellä	*kilbillä
ablative		*kilbeltä	*kilbiltä
allative		*kilpelen *kilpelek	*kilpilen *kilpilek
essive		*kilpenä	*kilpinä
translative		*kilbeksi	*kilbiksi
instructive		*kilben	*kilbin
comitative		*kilpenek	*kilpinek
abessive		*kilbettä	*kilbittä

Descendants

• Estonian: kilp
• Finnish: kilpi

Further reading

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