Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëpada
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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
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *nëpata, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *nepātja- (whence Old Lithuanian nepuotis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. [1]
Noun
edit*nëpada[2]
Inflection
editInflection of *nëpada
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nëpada | *nëpadat | |
| accusative | *nëpadan | *nëpadat | |
| genitive | *nëpadan | *nëpadadën *nëpadoidën | |
| partitive | *nëpadata | *nëpadoita | |
| inessive | *nëpadassa *nëpadahna |
*nëpadoissa *nëpadoihna | |
| elative | *nëpadasta | *nëpadoista | |
| illative | *nëpadasën | *nëpadoisën | |
| adessive | *nëpadalla | *nëpadoilla | |
| ablative | *nëpadalta | *nëpadoilta | |
| allative | *nëpadalën *nëpadalëk |
*nëpadoilën *nëpadoilëk | |
| essive | *nëpadana | *nëpadoina | |
| translative | *nëpadaksi | *nëpadoiksi | |
| instructive | *nëpadan | *nëpadoin | |
| comitative | *nëpadanëk | *nëpadoinëk | |
| abessive | *nëpadatta | *nëpadoitta | |
Descendants
edit- Finnish: (archaic, dialectal) nepaa
From *nëpoi:
- Estonian: nõbu
References
editFurther reading
edit- “nõbu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012