Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/coppi

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] (whence Erzya and Moksha сёпомс (śopoms, “to keep secret, conceal”)).

Noun

*coppi

1. corner, nook

Inflection

Inflection of *coppi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*coppi	*cop'ët
accusative		*cop'ën	*cop'ët
genitive		*cop'ën	*coppëdën *coppidën
partitive		*coppëda	*coppida
inessive		*cop'ëssa *cop'ëhna	*cop'issa *cop'ihna
elative		*cop'ësta	*cop'ista
illative		*coppëhën	*coppihën
adessive		*cop'ëlla	*cop'illa
ablative		*cop'ëlta	*cop'ilta
allative		*coppëlën *coppëlëk	*coppilën *coppilëk
essive		*coppëna	*coppina
translative		*cop'ëksi	*cop'iksi
instructive		*cop'ën	*cop'in
comitative		*coppënëk	*coppinëk
abessive		*cop'ëtta	*cop'itta

Descendants

• Estonian: sopp
• Finnish: soppi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: soppi
  • South Karelian: soppi
• → Proto-Samic: *soappë (see there for further descendants)

From *coppa:

• Võro: tsopp

Further reading

• “sopp”, in [ETY] 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), “soppi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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