< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/helppo
 | 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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *helpō.
Adjective
*helppo
- easy, simple
Noun
*helppo
- ease, easiness
- relief
- help
Inflection
Inflection of *helppo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *helppo | *help'ot | |
| accusative | *help'on | *help'ot | |
| genitive | *help'on | *helppoden *helppoiden | |
| partitive | *helppoda | *helppoida | |
| inessive | *help'ossa *help'ohna | *help'oissa *help'oihna | |
| elative | *help'osta | *help'oista | |
| illative | *helppohen | *helppoihen | |
| adessive | *help'olla | *help'oilla | |
| ablative | *help'olta | *help'oilta | |
| allative | *helppolen *helppolek | *helppoilen *helppoilek | |
| essive | *helppona | *helppoina | |
| translative | *help'oksi | *help'oiksi | |
| instructive | *help'on | *help'oin | |
| comitative | *helpponek | *helppoinek | |
| abessive | *help'otta | *help'oitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: hõlp
- Finnish: helppo
- → Inari Sami: hiälppu
- → Northern Sami: healpu
- Ingrian: helppo
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: helppo
- South Karelian: helppo
- Livvi: helpo
- ⇒ Ludian: helpota
- Võro: hõlp
Further reading
- hõlp in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “helppo”, in 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