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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tipa

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

Probably originally an interjection used to attract a hen or chicken.

Noun

*tipa

  1. chick, young chicken

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: tipa (dialectal)
  • Karelian: tipa
  • Livonian: tibā, tšibā
  • Livvi: tipa

From *tipu:

  • Estonian: tibu
  • Finnish: tipu
  • Ingrian: tipu
  • Karelian: tipu
  • Ludian: tipušk
  • Veps: tipu
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) tipu
    • Kukkuzi: cipu

From *tipi:

From *tipo:

Further reading

  • tibu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), tipu”, 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
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