Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lipëda
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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
Unknown, possibly sound-symbolic, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda.
Adjective edit
*lipëda
Reconstruction notes edit
Most Finnic languages have descended this word via the front-vowel variant *lipedä, the notable exception is Votic lipõa.
Inflection edit
Inflection of *lipëda
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lipëda | *lipëdat | |
| accusative | *lipëdan | *lipëdat | |
| genitive | *lipëdan | *lipëdadën *lipëdëidën | |
| partitive | *lipëdata | *lipëdëita | |
| inessive | *lipëdassa *lipëdahna |
*lipëdëissa *lipëdëihna | |
| elative | *lipëdasta | *lipëdëista | |
| illative | *lipëdasën | *lipëdëisën | |
| adessive | *lipëdalla | *lipëdëilla | |
| ablative | *lipëdalta | *lipëdëilta | |
| allative | *lipëdalën *lipëdalëk |
*lipëdëilën *lipëdëilëk | |
| essive | *lipëdana | *lipëdëina | |
| translative | *lipëdaksi | *lipëdëiksi | |
| instructive | *lipëdan | *lipëdëin | |
| comitative | *lipëdanëk | *lipëdëinëk | |
| abessive | *lipëdatta | *lipëdëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: libe
- Finnish: lipeä
- Ingrian: lippiä
- Karelian: lipie, libie
- Livonian: (Courland) libḑi, (Salaca) libdi
- Livvi: libei
- Ludian: libed
- Veps: libed
- Votic: lippiä, lippia
Further reading edit
- “libe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012