Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tup'as

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

According to Pystynen (2024), from Proto-Finno-Permic *tuppas, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stúHpas (whence Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa)). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz (whence Icelandic þúfa).

Noun

*tup'as

1. tussock, mound
2. tuft

Inflection

Inflection of *tup'as

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tup'as	*tuppahët
accusative		*tuppahën	*tuppahët
genitive		*tuppahën	*tup'astën *tuppahidën
partitive		*tup'asta	*tuppahita
inessive		*tuppahëssa *tuppahëhna	*tuppahissa *tuppahihna
elative		*tuppahësta	*tuppahista
illative		*tuppahësën	*tuppahisën
adessive		*tuppahëlla	*tuppahilla
ablative		*tuppahëlta	*tuppahilta
allative		*tuppahëlën *tuppahëlëk	*tuppahilën *tuppahilëk
essive		*tup'assa	*tuppahina
translative		*tuppahëksi	*tuppahiksi
instructive		*tuppahën	*tuppahin
comitative		*tup'assëk	*tuppahinëk
abessive		*tuppahëtta	*tuppahitta

Descendants

From *tup'as:

• Finnish: tupas
• Veps: tupaz
• →? Proto-Germanic: *tuppaz (see there for further descendants)

From *tubas:

• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: tuvaš
• Livvi: tuvas
• Ludian: tubaz

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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