From earlier *ilpekse; cognate with Proto-Samic *ëlpës. Further origin unknown, potentially a substrate word. Has at times been compared to Lithuanian vilpišys (“wildcat”) and other derivatives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- as well; an Indo-European etymon proposed in a presentation given by Heikkilä (2015) is Proto-Indo-European *wḷp-iksios, which would have been borrowed into Finnic through a Para-West Uralic language (Proto-Indo-European *wḷp-iksios → Para-West Uralic *(w)ülpiksi > *ilpiksi → Early Proto-Finnic *ilpekse).
*ilbes[1]
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *ilbes | *ilbekset | |
accusative | *ilbeksen | *ilbekset | |
genitive | *ilbeksen | *ilbesten *ilbeksiden | |
partitive | *ilbestä | *ilbeksitä | |
inessive | *ilbeksessä *ilbeksehnä |
*ilbeksissä *ilbeksihnä | |
elative | *ilbeksestä | *ilbeksistä | |
illative | *ilbeksesen | *ilbeksisen | |
adessive | *ilbeksellä | *ilbeksillä | |
ablative | *ilbekseltä | *ilbeksiltä | |
allative | *ilbekselen *ilbekselek |
*ilbeksilen *ilbeksilek | |
essive | *ilbessä | *ilbeksinä | |
translative | *ilbekseksi | *ilbeksiksi | |
instructive | *ilbeksen | *ilbeksin | |
comitative | *ilbessek | *ilbeksinek | |
abessive | *ilbeksettä | *ilbeksittä |