Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nopëda

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse snœfr). Alternatively, and less likely, from the same root as *noppidak. Either way, derived with the suffix *-ëda.

Adjective

*nopëda

1. fast, quick

Inflection

Inflection of *nopëda

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nopëda	*nopëdat
accusative		*nopëdan	*nopëdat
genitive		*nopëdan	*nopëdadën *nopëdëidën
partitive		*nopëdata	*nopëdëita
inessive		*nopëdassa *nopëdahna	*nopëdëissa *nopëdëihna
elative		*nopëdasta	*nopëdëista
illative		*nopëdasën	*nopëdëisën
adessive		*nopëdalla	*nopëdëilla
ablative		*nopëdalta	*nopëdëilta
allative		*nopëdalën *nopëdalëk	*nopëdëilën *nopëdëilëk
essive		*nopëdana	*nopëdëina
translative		*nopëdaksi	*nopëdëiksi
instructive		*nopëdan	*nopëdëin
comitative		*nopëdanëk	*nopëdëinëk
abessive		*nopëdatta	*nopëdëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: nobe
• Finnish: nopea
• Võro: nopõ

Further reading

• “nobe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012