Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lippu
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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
Noun
*lippu[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *lippu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lippu | *lip'ut | |
| accusative | *lip'un | *lip'ut | |
| genitive | *lip'un | *lippudën *lippuidën | |
| partitive | *lippuda | *lippuida | |
| inessive | *lip'ussa *lip'uhna |
*lip'uissa *lip'uihna | |
| elative | *lip'usta | *lip'uista | |
| illative | *lippuhën | *lippuihën | |
| adessive | *lip'ulla | *lip'uilla | |
| ablative | *lip'ulta | *lip'uilta | |
| allative | *lippulën *lippulëk |
*lippuilën *lippuilëk | |
| essive | *lippuna | *lippuina | |
| translative | *lip'uksi | *lip'uiksi | |
| instructive | *lip'un | *lip'uin | |
| comitative | *lippunëk | *lippuinëk | |
| abessive | *lip'utta | *lip'uitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lipp
- Finnish: lippu
- → Northern Sami: lihppu
- Ingrian: lippu
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lip
- → Latvian: ļipa (or from Estonian)
- Livvi: lippu
- Võro: lipp
- Votic: lippu
References
Further reading
- “lipp”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lippu”, in 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