Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/appi

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

From Proto-Uralic *ëppe.

Noun

*appi

1. father-in-law

Inflection

Inflection of *appi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*appi	*ap'ët
accusative		*ap'ën	*ap'ët
genitive		*ap'ën	*appëdën *appidën
partitive		*appëda	*appida
inessive		*ap'ëssa *ap'ëhna	*ap'issa *ap'ihna
elative		*ap'ësta	*ap'ista
illative		*appëhën	*appihën
adessive		*ap'ëlla	*ap'illa
ablative		*ap'ëlta	*ap'ilta
allative		*appëlën *appëlëk	*appilën *appilëk
essive		*appëna	*appina
translative		*ap'ëksi	*ap'iksi
instructive		*ap'ën	*ap'in
comitative		*appënëk	*appinëk
abessive		*ap'ëtta	*ap'itta

Related terms

• *anoppi

Descendants

• Finnish: appi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: appi
  • South Karelian: appi
• Livvi: appi
• Ludian: app
• Veps: ap

References

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN