Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kauppa

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-Norse [Term?], or from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse & Icelandic kaup, German Kauf), ultimately from Latin caupō.

Noun

*kauppa

1. trade, commerce
2. goods, merchandise

Inflection

Inflection of *kauppa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kauppa	*kaup'at
accusative		*kaup'an	*kaup'at
genitive		*kaup'an	*kauppadën *kauppëidën
partitive		*kauppada	*kauppëida
inessive		*kaup'assa *kaup'ahna	*kaup'ëissa *kaup'ëihna
elative		*kaup'asta	*kaup'ëista
illative		*kauppahën	*kauppëihën
adessive		*kaup'alla	*kaup'ëilla
ablative		*kaup'alta	*kaup'ëilta
allative		*kauppalën *kauppalëk	*kauppëilën *kauppëilëk
essive		*kauppana	*kauppëina
translative		*kaup'aksi	*kaup'ëiksi
instructive		*kaup'an	*kaup'ëin
comitative		*kauppanëk	*kauppëinëk
abessive		*kaup'atta	*kaup'ëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kaup
• Finnish: kauppa
  • → Northern Sami: gávpi
• Ingrian: kauppa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kauppa
  • South Karelian: kauppa
• Livonian: kōp
• Livvi: kauppu
• Ludian: kaup
• Võro: kaup
• Votic: kauppõ

Further reading

• “kaup”, 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), “kauppa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN