Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëtra
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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
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian bendras (“common, shared”) .
Noun
*pëtra[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pëtra
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pëtra | *pëtrat | |
| accusative | *pëtran | *pëtrat | |
| genitive | *pëtran | *pëtradën *pëtroidën | |
| partitive | *pëtrada | *pëtroida | |
| inessive | *pëtrassa *pëtrahna |
*pëtroissa *pëtroihna | |
| elative | *pëtrasta | *pëtroista | |
| illative | *pëtrahën | *pëtroihën | |
| adessive | *pëtralla | *pëtroilla | |
| ablative | *pëtralta | *pëtroilta | |
| allative | *pëtralën *pëtralëk |
*pëtroilën *pëtroilëk | |
| essive | *pëtrana | *pëtroina | |
| translative | *pëtraksi | *pëtroiksi | |
| instructive | *pëtran | *pëtroin | |
| comitative | *pëtranëk | *pëtroinëk | |
| abessive | *pëtratta | *pëtroitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: põder
- Finnish: peura, (dialectal) petra
- Karelian:
- Livonian: põ’ddõrz
- Livvi: pedru
- Ludian: pedr
- Veps: pedr
- Võro: põdõr, põdyr', põtr
- Votic: (Lempola, Mati, Pummala) põdra
References
Further reading
- “põder”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012