Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hilpu

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, sound-symbolic.^[1]

Noun

*hilpu^[2]

scrap, shred, tatter

Inflection

Inflection of *hilpu

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*hilpu	*hilbut
accusative	*hilbun	*hilbut
genitive	*hilbun	hilpudën hilpuidën
partitive	*hilpuda	*hilpuida
inessive	hilbussa hilbuhna	hilbuissa hilbuihna
elative	*hilbusta	*hilbuista
illative	*hilpuhën	*hilpuihën
adessive	*hilbulla	*hilbuilla
ablative	*hilbulta	*hilbuilta
allative	hilpulën hilpulëk	hilpuilën hilpuilëk
essive	*hilpuna	*hilpuina
translative	*hilbuksi	*hilbuiksi
instructive	*hilbun	*hilbuin
comitative	*hilpunëk	*hilpuinëk
abessive	*hilbutta	*hilbuitta

Descendants

Estonian: hilp
Finnish: (dialectal) hilpu
Livonian: ilp
Võro: hilp

From *hilbeh:

Finnish: (dialectal) hilve
Karelian:
- North Karelian: hilve, hilveh

From *hilpa:

Finnish: (dialectal,rare) hilpa

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hilpa”, 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
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*hilpu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)