Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paakku

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

Unknown.

Noun

*paakku

1. lump
2. clod

Inflection

Inflection of *paakku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*paakku	*paak'ut
accusative		*paak'un	*paak'ut
genitive		*paak'un	*paakkudën *paakkuidën
partitive		*paakkuda	*paakkuida
inessive		*paak'ussa *paak'uhna	*paak'uissa *paak'uihna
elative		*paak'usta	*paak'uista
illative		*paakkuhën	*paakkuihën
adessive		*paak'ulla	*paak'uilla
ablative		*paak'ulta	*paak'uilta
allative		*paakkulën *paakkulëk	*paakkuilën *paakkuilëk
essive		*paakkuna	*paakkuina
translative		*paak'uksi	*paak'uiksi
instructive		*paak'un	*paak'uin
comitative		*paakkunëk	*paakkuinëk
abessive		*paak'utta	*paak'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: paak
• Finnish: paakku
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: puakku
• Võro: paak

Further reading

• “paak”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “paakku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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