Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pilppa

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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*pilppa

1. chip, splinter

Inflection

Inflection of *pilppa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pilppa	*pilp'at
accusative		*pilp'an	*pilp'at
genitive		*pilp'an	*pilppadën *pilppoidën
partitive		*pilppada	*pilppoida
inessive		*pilp'assa *pilp'ahna	*pilp'oissa *pilp'oihna
elative		*pilp'asta	*pilp'oista
illative		*pilppahën	*pilppoihën
adessive		*pilp'alla	*pilp'oilla
ablative		*pilp'alta	*pilp'oilta
allative		*pilppalën *pilppalëk	*pilppoilën *pilppoilëk
essive		*pilppana	*pilppoina
translative		*pilp'aksi	*pilp'oiksi
instructive		*pilp'an	*pilp'oin
comitative		*pilppanëk	*pilppoinëk
abessive		*pilp'atta	*pilp'oitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) pilppa, ⇒ pilppu
• Votic: pilppõ, ⇒ pilpu

From *pilp'as:

• Estonian: pilbas
• Livonian: pīlpaz
• Võro: pilbas

Further reading

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