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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lipeda

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

Unknown, possibly sound-symbolic, but apparently contains the suffix *-eda.

Adjective

*lipeda

  1. slippery

Reconstruction notes

Most Finnic languages have descended this word via the front-vowel variant *lipedä, the notable exception is Votic lipõa.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: libe
  • Finnish: lipeä
  • Ingrian: lippiiä
  • Karelian: lipie, libie
  • Livonian: (Courland) libḑi, (Salaca) libdi
  • Livvi: libei
  • Ludian: libed
  • Veps: libed
  • Votic: lippiä, lippia

Further reading

  • libe in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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