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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pilppa

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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*pilppa[1]

  1. chip, splinter

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) pilppa, pilppu
  • Votic: pilppõ, pilpu

From *pilp'as:

  • Estonian: pilbas
  • Livonian: pīlpaz
  • Võro: pilbas

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pilppa(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

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