Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tappo

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Swedish täppa (“enclosure, small garden or field”)).

Noun

*tappo^[1]

garden, hop garden
hop (Humulus lupulus)
Synonym: *humala

Inflection

Inflection of *tappo

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*tappo	*tap'ot
accusative	*tap'on	*tap'ot
genitive	*tap'on	tappodën tappoidën
partitive	*tappoda	*tappoida
inessive	tap'ossa tap'ohna	tap'oissa tap'oihna
elative	*tap'osta	*tap'oista
illative	*tappohën	*tappoihën
adessive	*tap'olla	*tap'oilla
ablative	*tap'olta	*tap'oilta
allative	tappolën tappolëk	tappoilën tappoilëk
essive	*tappona	*tappoina
translative	*tap'oksi	*tap'oiksi
instructive	*tap'on	*tap'oin
comitative	*tapponëk	*tappoinëk
abessive	*tap'otta	*tap'oitta

Descendants

Estonian: tapp
Finnish: (dialectal) tappo
⇒? Livvi: tapos
Võro: tapp
Votic: tappo, tappu

References

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

“tapp”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tappo”, in 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

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

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