Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pilppa

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 SSA and EES, sound-symbolic.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*pilppa^[3]

chip, splinter

Inflection

Inflection of *pilppa

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*pilppa	*pilp'at
accusative	*pilp'an	*pilp'at
genitive	*pilp'an	pilppadën pilppoidën
partitive	*pilppada	*pilppoida
inessive	pilp'assa pilp'ahna	pilp'oissa pilp'oihna
elative	*pilp'asta	*pilp'oista
illative	*pilppahën	*pilppoihën
adessive	*pilp'alla	*pilp'oilla
ablative	*pilp'alta	*pilp'oilta
allative	pilppalën pilppalëk	pilppoilën pilppoilëk
essive	*pilppana	*pilppoina
translative	*pilp'aksi	*pilp'oiksi
instructive	*pilp'an	*pilp'oin
comitative	*pilppanëk	*pilppoinëk
abessive	*pilp'atta	*pilp'oitta

Descendants

Finnish: (dialectal) pilppa, ⇒ pilppu
Votic: pilppõ, ⇒ pilpu

From *pilp'as:

Estonian: pilbas
Livonian: pīlpaz
Võro: pilbas

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pilppa”, 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
^ “pilbas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pilppa(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pilppa”, 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

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

[3] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pilppa(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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