Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laippa

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

Unknown.

Noun

*laippa

1. spot, splotch, dapple

Inflection

Inflection of *laippa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*laippa	*laip'at
accusative		*laip'an	*laip'at
genitive		*laip'an	*laippadën *laippoidën
partitive		*laippada	*laippoida
inessive		*laip'assa *laip'ahna	*laip'oissa *laip'oihna
elative		*laip'asta	*laip'oista
illative		*laippahën	*laippoihën
adessive		*laip'alla	*laip'oilla
ablative		*laip'alta	*laip'oilta
allative		*laippalën *laippalëk	*laippoilën *laippoilëk
essive		*laippana	*laippoina
translative		*laip'aksi	*laip'oiksi
instructive		*laip'an	*laip'oin
comitative		*laippanëk	*laippoinëk
abessive		*laip'atta	*laip'oitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) laippa
• Karelian: ⇒
  • South Karelian: laippi
• Livonian: lāipa
• Livvi: ⇒ laippi
• Veps: laip

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laippa”, 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