Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/limppa
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, of sound-symbolic origin.
Adjective
[edit]*limppa[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *limppa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *limppa | *limp'at | |
| accusative | *limp'an | *limp'at | |
| genitive | *limp'an | *limppadën *limppoidën | |
| partitive | *limppada | *limppoida | |
| inessive | *limp'assa *limp'ahna |
*limp'oissa *limp'oihna | |
| elative | *limp'asta | *limp'oista | |
| illative | *limppahën | *limppoihën | |
| adessive | *limp'alla | *limp'oilla | |
| ablative | *limp'alta | *limp'oilta | |
| allative | *limppalën *limppalëk |
*limppoilën *limppoilëk | |
| essive | *limppana | *limppoina | |
| translative | *limp'aksi | *limp'oiksi | |
| instructive | *limp'an | *limp'oin | |
| comitative | *limppanëk | *limppoinëk | |
| abessive | *limp'atta | *limp'oitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: (dialectal) limppa, ⇒ limppajalka, limppakinttu
- Võro: limp
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “limpama”, 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), “limppa”, 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