Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pohtadak
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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
Possibly derived (with *-tadak) from a stem Proto-Finno-Permic *po(n)šɜ-, which has been proposed to be a borrowing from Proto-Indo-European *powH-éye-ti, albeit this is less tenable if *-n- was originally part of the root.
Verb
- to winnow (separate grain from husk or chaff with a winnowing basket)
Inflection
Inflection of *pohtadak
| 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. | *pohtan | *pohtëin | — | *pohtagon |
| 2nd sing. | *pohtat | *pohtëit | *pohtak | *pohtagos |
| 3rd sing. | *pohtabi *pohta |
*pohtëi | *pohtagasën | *pohtagosën |
| 1st plur. | *pohtakmëk *pohtakmak |
*pohtëimëk *pohtëimak |
*pohtagatëmëk *pohtagatamak |
*pohtagotëmëk *pohtagotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *pohtaktëk *pohtaktak |
*pohtëidëk *pohtëidak |
*pohtagatë *pohtagata |
*pohtagot'ëk *pohtagotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *pohtabat *pohta |
*pohtëi | *pohtagasën | *pohtagosën |
| passive | *pohtaksën *pohtat'aksën |
*pohtadisën *pohtattisën |
*pohtadakahën *pohtattakahën |
*pohtadakohën *pohtattakohën |
| connegative | *pohtak | — | *pohtagak | *pohtagok |
| passive connegative | *pohtaktak | — | *pohtadagak *pohtattagak |
*pohtadagok *pohtattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *pohtakcin | *pohtëicin | *pohtanën | |
| 2nd sing. | *pohtakcit | *pohtëicit | *pohtanët | |
| 3rd sing. | *pohtakci | *pohtëici | *pohtani | |
| 1st plur. | *pohtakcimëk *pohtakcimak |
*pohtëicimëk *pohtëicimak |
*pohtanëmëk *pohtanëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *pohtakcidëk *pohtakcidak |
*pohtëicidëk *pohtëicidak |
*pohtanëdëk *pohtanëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *pohtakci | *pohtëici | *pohtani | |
| passive | *pohtadakcihën *pohtat'akcihën |
*pohtadicihën *pohtatticihën |
*pohtadanëhën *pohtattanëhën | |
| connegative | *pohtakcik | *pohtëicik | *pohtanëk | |
| passive connegative | *pohtadakcik *pohtat'akcik |
*pohtadicik *pohtatticik |
*pohtadanëk *pohtattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *pohtadak | present | *pohtaba | *pohtadapa *pohtattapa |
| infinitive 2 | *pohtadë- | past | *pohtanut | *pohtadu *pohtattu |
| gerund/supine | *pohtama | |||
| action noun | *pohtaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ puhtima/puhtida
- Finnish: (dialectal) pohtaa, ⇒ pohtia
- Ingrian: poohtaa
- Karelian:
- Livvi: puohtua
- Ludian: puohtada
- Veps: pohtta
- Votic: (Mati) pohtaa, pohoa
Further reading
- “puhtima”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1504 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.