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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/limppa

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

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, of sound-symbolic origin.

Adjective

*limppa[1]

  1. limping; lame

Inflection
Inflection of *limppa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *limppa *limp'at
accusative *limp'an *limp'at
genitive *limp'an *limppadën
*limppoidën
partitive *limppada *limppoida
inessive *limp'assa
*limp'ahna		 *limp'oissa
*limp'oihna
elative *limp'asta *limp'oista
illative *limppahën *limppoihën
adessive *limp'alla *limp'oilla
ablative *limp'alta *limp'oilta
allative *limppalën
*limppalëk		 *limppoilën
*limppoilëk
essive *limppana *limppoina
translative *limp'aksi *limp'oiksi
instructive *limp'an *limp'oin
comitative *limppanëk *limppoinëk
abessive *limp'atta *limp'oitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) limppa, ⇒ limppajalka, limppakinttu
  • Võro: limp

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*limppa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “limpama”, 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), “limppa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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