Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näppä, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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
*näppä[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *näppä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *näppä | *näp'ät | |
| accusative | *näp'än | *näp'ät | |
| genitive | *näp'än | *näppäden *näppeiden | |
| partitive | *näppädä | *näppeidä | |
| inessive | *näp'ässä *näp'ähnä |
*näp'eissä *näp'eihnä | |
| elative | *näp'ästä | *näp'eistä | |
| illative | *näppähen | *näppeihen | |
| adessive | *näp'ällä | *näp'eillä | |
| ablative | *näp'ältä | *näp'eiltä | |
| allative | *näppälen *näppälek |
*näppeilen *näppeilek | |
| essive | *näppänä | *näppeinä | |
| translative | *näp'äksi | *näp'eiksi | |
| instructive | *näp'än | *näp'ein | |
| comitative | *näppänek | *näppeinek | |
| abessive | *näp'ättä | *näp'eittä | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Estonian: (dialectal) näpik
- ⇒ Finnish: näppy
- ⇒ Ingrian: näpykkä
- ⇒ Karelian:
- Livonian: ņäpā
- ⇒ Votic: napukkõ
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “näppy”, 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