Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/limppa

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

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, of sound-symbolic origin.

Adjective

*limppa

1. limping; lame

Inflection

Inflection of *limppa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*limppa	*limp'at
accusative		*limp'an	*limp'at
genitive		*limp'an	*limppadën *limppoidën
partitive		*limppada	*limppoida
inessive		*limp'assa *limp'ahna	*limp'oissa *limp'oihna
elative		*limp'asta	*limp'oista
illative		*limppahën	*limppoihën
adessive		*limp'alla	*limp'oilla
ablative		*limp'alta	*limp'oilta
allative		*limppalën *limppalëk	*limppoilën *limppoilëk
essive		*limppana	*limppoina
translative		*limp'aksi	*limp'oiksi
instructive		*limp'an	*limp'oin
comitative		*limppanëk	*limppoinëk
abessive		*limp'atta	*limp'oitta

Derived terms

• *limp'at'ak

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) limppa, ⇒ limppajalka, limppakinttu
• Võro: limp

Further reading

• “limpama”, 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), “limppa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN