Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/urpa

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

Unknown.

Noun

*urpa[1]

  1. catkin

Inflection

Inflection of *urpa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *urpa *urbat
accusative *urban *urbat
genitive *urban *urpadën
*urpëidën
partitive *urpada *urpëida
inessive *urbassa
*urbahna 		*urbëissa
*urbëihna
elative *urbasta *urbëista
illative *urpahën *urpëihën
adessive *urballa *urbëilla
ablative *urbalta *urbëilta
allative *urpalën
*urpalëk 		*urpëilën
*urpëilëk
essive *urpana *urpëina
translative *urbaksi *urbëiksi
instructive *urban *urbëin
comitative *urpanëk *urpëinëk
abessive *urbatta *urbëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: urb
  • Finnish: (dialectal) urpa
  • Ingrian: urpa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: urpa
    • South Karelian: urba
  • Ludian: urb
  • Veps: urb
  • Võro: urb
  • Votic: urpõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *urpē

From *urpu (+ *-u):

  • Finnish: urpu
  • Livvi: urbu, urvu

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*urpa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “urb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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