Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laupijo

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-Germanic *laubijǭ (whence Proto-West Germanic *laubijā). The -ai- ~ -au- variation remains unexplained.

Noun

*laupijo (Northern Finnic)

  1. ceiling
    Synonym: *laki
  2. dividing wall, wooden wall

Inflection

Inflection of *laupijo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *laupijo *laupijot
accusative *laupijon *laupijot
genitive *laupijon *laupijodën
*laupijoidën
partitive *laupijota *laupijoita
inessive *laupijossa
*laupijohna 		*laupijoissa
*laupijoihna
elative *laupijosta *laupijoista
illative *laupijosën *laupijoisën
adessive *laupijolla *laupijoilla
ablative *laupijolta *laupijoilta
allative *laupijolën
*laupijolëk 		*laupijoilën
*laupijoilëk
essive *laupijona *laupijoina
translative *laupijoksi *laupijoiksi
instructive *laupijon *laupijoin
comitative *laupijonëk *laupijoinëk
abessive *laupijotta *laupijoitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: laipio, (dialectal) laupio
  • Ingrian: laipio
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: laipie, laipivo
  • Livvi: laibivo

Further reading

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