Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lipëda

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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]

Unknown, possibly sound-symbolic, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda.

Adjective[edit]

*lipëda

  1. slippery

Reconstruction notes[edit]

Most Finnic languages have descended this word via the front-vowel variant *lipedä, the notable exception is Votic lipõa.

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • libe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012