Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/palait'ak
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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
Unknown. Appears to contain the suffix + *-it'ak.
Verb
*palait'ak (stem *palaida-)[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *palait'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *palaidan | *palaicin | — | *palaitkon |
| 2nd sing. | *palaidat | *palaicit | *palaidak | *palaitkos |
| 3rd sing. | *palaidapi *palait |
*palaici | *palaitkasën | *palaitkosën |
| 1st plur. | *palaidakmëk *palaidakmak |
*palaicimëk *palaicimak |
*palaitkatëmëk *palaitkatamak |
*palaitkotëmëk *palaitkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *palaidaktëk *palaidaktak |
*palaicidëk *palaicidak |
*palaitkatë *palaitkata |
*palaitkot'ëk *palaitkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *palaidabat *palait |
*palaici | *palaitkasën | *palaitkosën |
| passive | *palaidaksën *palaidat'aksën |
*palaittisën *palaidattihën |
*palaittakahën *palaidattagasën |
*palaittakohën *palaidattagosën |
| connegative | *palaidak | — | *palaitkak | *palaitkok |
| passive connegative | *palaidaktak | — | *palaittagak *palaidattagak |
*palaittagok *palaidattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *palaidakcin | *palaicicin | *palainnën | |
| 2nd sing. | *palaidakcit | *palaicicit | *palainnët | |
| 3rd sing. | *palaidakci | *palaicici | *palainni | |
| 1st plur. | *palaidakcimëk *palaidakcimak |
*palaicicimëk *palaicicimak |
*palainnëmëk *palainnëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *palaidakcidëk *palaidakcidak |
*palaicicidëk *palaicicidak |
*palainnëdëk *palainnëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *palaidakci | *palaicici | *palainni | |
| passive | *palait'akcihën *palaidat'akcisën |
*palaitticihën *palaidatticisën |
*palaittanëhën *palaidattanësën | |
| connegative | *palaidakcik | *palaicicik | *palainnëk | |
| passive connegative | *palait'akcik *palaidat'akcik |
*palaitticik *palaidatticik |
*palaittanëk *palaidattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *palait'ak | present | *palaidapa | *palaittapa *palaidattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *palaittë- | past | *palainnut | *palaittu *palaidattu |
| gerund/supine | *palaidama | |||
| action noun | *palaidaminen | |||
Descendants
- Finnish: palata (“to return”), (dialectal, obsolete) palaita
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: palata (“to return”)
- Livonian: pa’llõ
- Võro: palama/pallaq
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “palata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN