Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/piitta
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Norse , from Proto-Germanic *bitô (whence Old Norse biti, Norwegian Nynorsk bete).
Noun
*piitta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *piitta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *piitta | *piit'at | |
| accusative | *piit'an | *piit'at | |
| genitive | *piit'an | *piittadën *piittoidën | |
| partitive | *piittada | *piittoida | |
| inessive | *piit'assa *piit'ahna |
*piit'oissa *piit'oihna | |
| elative | *piit'asta | *piit'oista | |
| illative | *piittahën | *piittoihën | |
| adessive | *piit'alla | *piit'oilla | |
| ablative | *piit'alta | *piit'oilta | |
| allative | *piittalën *piittalëk |
*piittoilën *piittoilëk | |
| essive | *piittana | *piittoina | |
| translative | *piit'aksi | *piit'oiksi | |
| instructive | *piit'an | *piit'oin | |
| comitative | *piittanëk | *piittoinëk | |
| abessive | *piit'atta | *piit'oitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: piit
- Finnish: piitta
- → Karelian:
- North Karelian: piitta
- → Karelian:
- Ingrian: piitta
- Livonian: pīţ
- Võro: piit
- Votic: piittõ
References
Further reading
- “piit”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “piitta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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