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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian bendras (“common, shared”) .
Noun
*pëtra[1]
- deer, reindeer
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*pëtra
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*pëtrat
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accusative
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*pëtran
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*pëtrat
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genitive
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*pëtran
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*pëtradën *pëtroidën
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partitive
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*pëtrada
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*pëtroida
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inessive
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*pëtrassa *pëtrahna
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*pëtroissa *pëtroihna
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elative
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*pëtrasta
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*pëtroista
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illative
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*pëtrahën
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*pëtroihën
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adessive
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*pëtralla
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*pëtroilla
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ablative
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*pëtralta
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*pëtroilta
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allative
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*pëtralën *pëtralëk
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*pëtroilën *pëtroilëk
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essive
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*pëtrana
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*pëtroina
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translative
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*pëtraksi
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*pëtroiksi
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instructive
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*pëtran
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*pëtroin
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comitative
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*pëtranëk
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*pëtroinëk
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abessive
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*pëtratta
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*pëtroitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pëtra”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “põder”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012