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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ripsi

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *rëpsë, both probably borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *hrispō (whence Swedish risp (“oat panicle”)).

Noun

*ripsi[1]

  1. oat panicle
  2. eyelash

Inflection
Inflection of *ripsi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ripsi *ripset
accusative *ripsen *ripset
genitive *ripsen *risten
*ripsiden
partitive *ristä *ripsidä
inessive *ripsessä
*ripsehnä		 *ripsissä
*ripsihnä
elative *ripsestä *ripsistä
illative *ripsehen *ripsihen
adessive *ripsellä *ripsillä
ablative *ripseltä *ripsiltä
allative *ripselen
*ripselek		 *ripsilen
*ripsilek
essive *rissä *ripsinä
translative *ripseksi *ripsiksi
instructive *ripsen *ripsin
comitative *rissek *ripsinek
abessive *ripsettä *ripsittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: ⇒ ripse
  • Finnish: ripsi
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: rips
  • Livvi: ripsi
  • Votic: ripsi

From *ripsu:

  • Finnish: ripsu
  • Ingrian: ripsu
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ripšu
    • South Karelian: ripšu
  • Livvi: ripsu
  • Ludian: rips, ripš
  • Veps: rips

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

Further reading
  • “ripse”, 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), “ripsi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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