Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëhku

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 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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*pëhku[1]

  1. chopped straw, chaff, litter
    Synonyms: *pahna, (Northern Finnic) *pëhu, *pëlu
  2. rotten wood

Inflection

Inflection of *pëhku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pëhku *pëhkut
accusative *pëhkun *pëhkut
genitive *pëhkun *pëhkudën
*pëhkuidën
partitive *pëhkuda *pëhkuida
inessive *pëhkussa
*pëhkuhna 		*pëhkuissa
*pëhkuihna
elative *pëhkusta *pëhkuista
illative *pëhkuhën *pëhkuihën
adessive *pëhkulla *pëhkuilla
ablative *pëhkulta *pëhkuilta
allative *pëhkulën
*pëhkulëk 		*pëhkuilën
*pëhkuilëk
essive *pëhkuna *pëhkuina
translative *pëhkuksi *pëhkuiksi
instructive *pëhkun *pëhkuin
comitative *pëhkunëk *pëhkuinëk
abessive *pëhkutta *pëhkuitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: põhk
  • Finnish: pehku
  • Ingrian: pehku
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: ⇒ pȭ’kt
  • Livvi: pehko
  • Ludian: pehk
  • Veps: pehk
  • Võro: põhk
  • Votic: (Mati, Kõrvõttula) põhku

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pëhku”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “põhk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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