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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hipjä

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 *hiwją (compare e.g. Swedish hy), with a substitution *wj → *pj for phonotactic reasons.

Noun

*hipjä

  1. skin, complexion
    Synonym: *iho
  2. body
    Synonym: *ruumis

Inflection
Inflection of *hipjä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hipjä *hipjät
accusative *hipjän *hipjät
genitive *hipjän *hipjäden
*hipjeiden
partitive *hipjädä *hipjeidä
inessive *hipjässä
*hipjähnä		 *hipjeissä
*hipjeihnä
elative *hipjästä *hipjeistä
illative *hipjähen *hipjeihen
adessive *hipjällä *hipjeillä
ablative *hipjältä *hipjeiltä
allative *hipjälen
*hipjälek		 *hipjeilen
*hipjeilek
essive *hipjänä *hipjeinä
translative *hipjäksi *hipjeiksi
instructive *hipjän *hipjein
comitative *hipjänek *hipjeinek
abessive *hipjättä *hipjeittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: (obsolete) hivu (“body”)
  • Finnish: hipiä
  • Ingrian: hibjä
  • Karelian: hipie
  • Livvi: hibju
  • Ludian: hibd'
  • Veps: hibj

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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