Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lip'at'ak

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sound-symbolic.

Verb[edit]

*lip'at'ak (stem *lippada-)

  1. to run, to scoot, to scurry

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: lippama/lipata
  • Finnish: (dialectal) lipata, lipetti ?
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: lipata
  • Veps: lippida
  • Votic: lipatõ

Further reading[edit]

  • lippama”, 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), “lipata”, 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