Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/povi
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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-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.
Noun
*povi[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *povi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *povi | *povët | |
| accusative | *povën | *povët | |
| genitive | *povën | *povëdën *povidën | |
| partitive | *povëda | *povida | |
| inessive | *povëssa *povëhna |
*povissa *povihna | |
| elative | *povësta | *povista | |
| illative | *povëhën | *povihën | |
| adessive | *povëlla | *povilla | |
| ablative | *povëlta | *povilta | |
| allative | *povëlën *povëlëk |
*povilën *povilëk | |
| essive | *povëna | *povina | |
| translative | *povëksi | *poviksi | |
| instructive | *povën | *povin | |
| comitative | *povënëk | *povinëk | |
| abessive | *povëtta | *povitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: põu
- Finnish: povi
- Ingrian: povi
- Karelian: povi
- Livonian: pȯ’j
- Livvi: povi
- Ludian: povi
- Veps: povi
- Votic: põvvi
References
Further reading
- “põu”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.