Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tipa

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

Probably originally an interjection used to attract a hen or chicken.

Noun

*tipa

1. chick, young chicken

Inflection

Inflection of *tipa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tipa	*tibat
accusative		*tiban	*tibat
genitive		*tiban	*tipadën *tipoidën
partitive		*tipada	*tipoida
inessive		*tibassa *tibahna	*tiboissa *tiboihna
elative		*tibasta	*tiboista
illative		*tipahën	*tipoihën
adessive		*tiballa	*tiboilla
ablative		*tibalta	*tiboilta
allative		*tipalën *tipalëk	*tipoilën *tipoilëk
essive		*tipana	*tipoina
translative		*tibaksi	*tiboiksi
instructive		*tiban	*tiboin
comitative		*tipanëk	*tipoinëk
abessive		*tibatta	*tiboitta

Descendants

• Finnish: tipa (dialectal)
• Karelian: tipa
• Livonian: tibā, tšibā
• Livvi: tipa

From *tipu:

• Estonian: tibu
• Finnish: tipu
• Ingrian: tipu
• Karelian: tipu
• ⇒ Ludian: tipušk
• Veps: tipu
• Votic: (Jõgõperä) tipu
  • Kukkuzi: cipu

From *tipi:

• Finnish: tipi (dialectal)
• Võro: tibi

From *tipo:

• Finnish: tipo (dialectal)
• Võro: tibo

Further reading

• “tibu”, 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), “tipu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN