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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lipëda

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

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

Adjective

*lipëda

  1. slippery

Reconstruction notes

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

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

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