Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raippa

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*raipaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *raipaz.

Noun

*raippa (Northern Finnic)

1. short whip, riding crop
2. rope, cord

Inflection

Inflection of *raippa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*raippa	*raip'at
accusative		*raip'an	*raip'at
genitive		*raip'an	*raippadën *raippoidën
partitive		*raippada	*raippoida
inessive		*raip'assa *raip'ahna	*raip'oissa *raip'oihna
elative		*raip'asta	*raip'oista
illative		*raippahën	*raippoihën
adessive		*raip'alla	*raip'oilla
ablative		*raip'alta	*raip'oilta
allative		*raippalën *raippalëk	*raippoilën *raippoilëk
essive		*raippana	*raippoina
translative		*raip'aksi	*raip'oiksi
instructive		*raip'an	*raip'oin
comitative		*raippanëk	*raippoinëk
abessive		*raip'atta	*raip'oitta

Descendants

• Finnish: raippa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: raippa
  • South Karelian: raippa
• Livvi: raippu (“hit, blow”)
• Ludian: ⇒ raipaiduz (“lumbago”)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “raippa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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