Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëlppo

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 *helpō.

Adjective

*hëlppo

1. easy, simple

Noun

*hëlppo

1. ease, easiness
2. relief
3. help

Inflection

Inflection of *hëlppo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hëlppo	*hëlp'ot
accusative		*hëlp'on	*hëlp'ot
genitive		*hëlp'on	*hëlppodën *hëlppoidën
partitive		*hëlppoda	*hëlppoida
inessive		*hëlp'ossa *hëlp'ohna	*hëlp'oissa *hëlp'oihna
elative		*hëlp'osta	*hëlp'oista
illative		*hëlppohën	*hëlppoihën
adessive		*hëlp'olla	*hëlp'oilla
ablative		*hëlp'olta	*hëlp'oilta
allative		*hëlppolën *hëlppolëk	*hëlppoilën *hëlppoilëk
essive		*hëlppona	*hëlppoina
translative		*hëlp'oksi	*hëlp'oiksi
instructive		*hëlp'on	*hëlp'oin
comitative		*hëlpponëk	*hëlppoinëk
abessive		*hëlp'otta	*hëlp'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: hõlp
• Finnish: helppo
  • → Inari Sami: hiälppu
  • → Northern Sami: healpu
• Ingrian: helppo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: helppo
  • South Karelian: helppo
• Livvi: helpo
• ⇒ Ludian: helpota
• Võro: hõlp

Further reading

• “hõlp”, 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), “helppo”, 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