Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hoopa

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-Norse *ᚦᛟᛒᛟ (þōbō), from Proto-Germanic *þōbô (whence Old Norse þófi (“felt”)).

Noun

*hoopa (Northern Finnic)

1. felt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool)

Inflection

Inflection of *hoopa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hoopa	*hoobat
accusative		*hooban	*hoobat
genitive		*hooban	*hoopadën *hoopëidën
partitive		*hoopada	*hoopëida
inessive		*hoobassa *hoobahna	*hoobëissa *hoobëihna
elative		*hoobasta	*hoobëista
illative		*hoopahën	*hoopëihën
adessive		*hooballa	*hoobëilla
ablative		*hoobalta	*hoobëilta
allative		*hoopalën *hoopalëk	*hoopëilën *hoopëilëk
essive		*hoopana	*hoopëina
translative		*hoobaksi	*hoobëiksi
instructive		*hooban	*hoobëin
comitative		*hoopanëk	*hoopëinëk
abessive		*hoobatta	*hoobëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: huopa
• Ingrian: hoopa
• Livvi: huobu
• Veps: hob

Further reading

• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “huopa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN