Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hipjä
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (compare e.g. Swedish hy), with a substitution *wj → *pj for phonotactic reasons.
Noun
*hipjä
- skin, complexion
- Synonym: *iho
- body
- Synonym: *ruumis
Inflection
Inflection of *hipjä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hipjä | *hipjät | |
| accusative | *hipjän | *hipjät | |
| genitive | *hipjän | *hipjäden *hipjeiden | |
| partitive | *hipjädä | *hipjeidä | |
| inessive | *hipjässä *hipjähnä |
*hipjeissä *hipjeihnä | |
| elative | *hipjästä | *hipjeistä | |
| illative | *hipjähen | *hipjeihen | |
| adessive | *hipjällä | *hipjeillä | |
| ablative | *hipjältä | *hipjeiltä | |
| allative | *hipjälen *hipjälek |
*hipjeilen *hipjeilek | |
| essive | *hipjänä | *hipjeinä | |
| translative | *hipjäksi | *hipjeiksi | |
| instructive | *hipjän | *hipjein | |
| comitative | *hipjänek | *hipjeinek | |
| abessive | *hipjättä | *hipjeittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (obsolete) hivu (“body”)
- Finnish: hipiä
- Ingrian: hippiä
- Karelian:
- Livvi: hibju
- Ludian: hibd'
- Veps: hibj
References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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