Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tuppi
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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
Cognate with Proto-Samic *toppë. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow”), whence Middle Low German dop, doppe (“sheath, case”).
Noun
*tuppi
Inflection
Inflection of *tuppi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tuppi | *tup'ët | |
| accusative | *tup'ën | *tup'ët | |
| genitive | *tup'ën | *tuppëdën *tuppidën | |
| partitive | *tuppëda | *tuppida | |
| inessive | *tup'ëssa *tup'ëhna |
*tup'issa *tup'ihna | |
| elative | *tup'ësta | *tup'ista | |
| illative | *tuppëhën | *tuppihën | |
| adessive | *tup'ëlla | *tup'illa | |
| ablative | *tup'ëlta | *tup'ilta | |
| allative | *tuppëlën *tuppëlëk |
*tuppilën *tuppilëk | |
| essive | *tuppëna | *tuppina | |
| translative | *tup'ëksi | *tup'iksi | |
| instructive | *tup'ën | *tup'in | |
| comitative | *tuppënëk | *tuppinëk | |
| abessive | *tup'ëtta | *tup'itta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tupp
- Finnish: tuppi
- Ingrian: tuppi, tuppe
- Karelian: tuppi
- Livonian: tup
- Livvi: tuppi
- Ludian: tuppi
- Võro: tupp'
- Votic: tuppi
Further reading
- “tupp”, 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), “tuppi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN