Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pata
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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
From Proto-Uralic *pata.
Noun
*pata[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pata
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pata | *padat | |
| accusative | *padan | *padat | |
| genitive | *padan | *patadën *patoidën | |
| partitive | *patada | *patoida | |
| inessive | *padassa *padahna |
*padoissa *padoihna | |
| elative | *padasta | *padoista | |
| illative | *patahën | *patoihën | |
| adessive | *padalla | *padoilla | |
| ablative | *padalta | *padoilta | |
| allative | *patalën *patalëk |
*patoilën *patoilëk | |
| essive | *patana | *patoina | |
| translative | *padaksi | *padoiksi | |
| instructive | *padan | *padoin | |
| comitative | *patanëk | *patoinëk | |
| abessive | *padatta | *padoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: pada
- Finnish: pata
- Ingrian: pata
- Karelian: pata, pada
- Livonian: padā
- Livvi: pada
- Ludian: pada
- Veps: pada
- Võro: pada
- Votic: pata
- → Proto-Samic: (or from Finnish specifically)
- Northern Sami: báhti
References
Further reading
- “pada”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #710 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.