Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kooppa
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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]
Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from the same Baltic root as Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”), but this requires a long vowel in the original Baltic root as opposed to a short one.
Noun[edit]
*kooppa
- pit (hole on the ground)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *kooppa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kooppa | *koop'at | |
| accusative | *koop'an | *koop'at | |
| genitive | *koop'an | *kooppadën *kooppëidën | |
| partitive | *kooppada | *kooppëida | |
| inessive | *koop'assa *koop'ahna |
*koop'ëissa *koop'ëihna | |
| elative | *koop'asta | *koop'ëista | |
| illative | *kooppahën | *kooppëihën | |
| adessive | *koop'alla | *koop'ëilla | |
| ablative | *koop'alta | *koop'ëilta | |
| allative | *kooppalën *kooppalëk |
*kooppëilën *kooppëilëk | |
| essive | *kooppana | *kooppëina | |
| translative | *koop'aksi | *koop'ëiksi | |
| instructive | *koop'an | *koop'ëin | |
| comitative | *kooppanëk | *kooppëinëk | |
| abessive | *koop'atta | *koop'ëitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ Estonian: koobas, (dialectal) koop
- Finnish: kuoppa
- Ingrian: kooppa
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kuoppu
- Ludian: kuop
- Veps: kop
- Võro: kuup
- Votic: kooppõ
Further reading[edit]
- “koobas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012