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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arpi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arwaz or corresponding pre-Proto-Norse *arwiz (whence Old Norse ǫrr). May have displaced *loomi from this meaning.
Noun
*arpi
- scar
- scab
Inflection
Inflection of *arpi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *arpi | *arbet | |
accusative | *arben | *arbet | |
genitive | *arben | *arpeden *arpiden | |
partitive | *arpeda | *arpida | |
inessive | *arbessa *arbehna | *arbissa *arbihna | |
elative | *arbesta | *arbista | |
illative | *arpehen | *arpihen | |
adessive | *arbella | *arbilla | |
ablative | *arbelta | *arbilta | |
allative | *arpelen *arpelek | *arpilen *arpilek | |
essive | *arpena | *arpina | |
translative | *arbeksi | *arbiksi | |
instructive | *arben | *arbin | |
comitative | *arpenek | *arpinek | |
abessive | *arbetta | *arbitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: arm, (dialectal) arb
- Finnish: arpi
- Ingrian: arpi
- Karelian: arpi, arbi
- Livonian: ärb
- Samic:
- → Northern Sami: árpa
- → Kildin Sami: а̄ррьп (ārrʹp)
- → Skolt Sami: arbb
References
- arm in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN