Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/loppa

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, probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*loppa

1. sleet
2. slush

Inflection

Inflection of *loppa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*loppa	*lop'at
accusative		*lop'an	*lop'at
genitive		*lop'an	*loppadën *loppëidën
partitive		*loppada	*loppëida
inessive		*lop'assa *lop'ahna	*lop'ëissa *lop'ëihna
elative		*lop'asta	*lop'ëista
illative		*loppahën	*loppëihën
adessive		*lop'alla	*lop'ëilla
ablative		*lop'alta	*lop'ëilta
allative		*loppalën *loppalëk	*loppëilën *loppëilëk
essive		*loppana	*loppëina
translative		*lop'aksi	*lop'ëiksi
instructive		*lop'an	*lop'ëin
comitative		*loppanëk	*loppëinëk
abessive		*lop'atta	*lop'ëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) lopp
• Finnish: (dialectal, rare) loppa, ⇒ lopakka, lopakko, lopaska
• Võro: l'opp

Further reading

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