Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peijeh

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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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHiyas (libation).[1]

However, a connection to Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (doomed, marked for death) has also been postulated.

Noun

*peijeh

  1. funeral feast, wake
  2. feast to celebrate the kill of a bear

Inflection

Descendants

From *peijeh:

  • Estonian: peied pl
  • Livonian: (Salaca) peijed pl

From Northern *peijas:

Further reading

  • peied”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “peijaat”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29