Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëtra
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear. Possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian bendras (“common, shared”) .
Noun
[edit]*pëtra[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *pëtra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *pëtra | *pëtrat | |
accusative | *pëtran | *pëtrat | |
genitive | *pëtran | *pëtradën *pëtroidën | |
partitive | *pëtrada | *pëtroida | |
inessive | *pëtrassa *pëtrahna |
*pëtroissa *pëtroihna | |
elative | *pëtrasta | *pëtroista | |
illative | *pëtrahën | *pëtroihën | |
adessive | *pëtralla | *pëtroilla | |
ablative | *pëtralta | *pëtroilta | |
allative | *pëtralën *pëtralëk |
*pëtroilën *pëtroilëk | |
essive | *pëtrana | *pëtroina | |
translative | *pëtraksi | *pëtroiksi | |
instructive | *pëtran | *pëtroin | |
comitative | *pëtranëk | *pëtroinëk | |
abessive | *pëtratta | *pëtroitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: põder
- Finnish: peura, (dialectal) petra
- Karelian:
- Livonian: põ’ddõrz
- Livvi: pedru
- Ludian: pedr
- Veps: pedr
- Võro: põdõr, põdyr', põtr
- Votic: (Lempola, Mati, Pummala) põdra
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “põder”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012