Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paha
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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
Uncertain. Possibly from earlier *paša, or borrowed from Northwest Germanic *bāga-, from Proto-Germanic *bēgaz, whence also Icelandic bágur.
Adjective
*paha[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *paha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paha | *pahat | |
| accusative | *pahan | *pahat | |
| genitive | *pahan | *pahadën *pahoidën | |
| partitive | *pahada | *pahoida | |
| inessive | *pahassa *pahahna |
*pahoissa *pahoihna | |
| elative | *pahasta | *pahoista | |
| illative | *pahahën | *pahoihën | |
| adessive | *pahalla | *pahoilla | |
| ablative | *pahalta | *pahoilta | |
| allative | *pahalën *pahalëk |
*pahoilën *pahoilëk | |
| essive | *pahana | *pahoina | |
| translative | *pahaksi | *pahoiksi | |
| instructive | *pahan | *pahoin | |
| comitative | *pahanëk | *pahoinëk | |
| abessive | *pahatta | *pahoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: paha
- Finnish: paha
- Ingrian: paha
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Livonian: pō’mi (from the comparative *pahëmpi)
- Livvi: paha
- Ludian: paha
- Veps: paha
- Votic: paha
- → Proto-Samic: *puošē
References
Further reading
- “paha”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012