From Proto-Finnic *laupijo, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laubijǭ (compare Proto-West Germanic *laubijā). The word also has the dialectal variant laupio; the -ai- ~ -au- variation remains unexplained.
laipio
| Inflection of laipio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laipio | laipiot | |
| genitive | laipion | laipioiden laipioitten | |
| partitive | laipiota | laipioita | |
| illative | laipioon | laipioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laipio | laipiot | |
| accusative | nom. | laipio | laipiot |
| gen. | laipion | ||
| genitive | laipion | laipioiden laipioitten | |
| partitive | laipiota | laipioita | |
| inessive | laipiossa | laipioissa | |
| elative | laipiosta | laipioista | |
| illative | laipioon | laipioihin | |
| adessive | laipiolla | laipioilla | |
| ablative | laipiolta | laipioilta | |
| allative | laipiolle | laipioille | |
| essive | laipiona | laipioina | |
| translative | laipioksi | laipioiksi | |
| abessive | laipiotta | laipioitta | |
| instructive | — | laipioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||