Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pac'as

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. Possibly related to Northern Sami bázzi (if not borrowed from Finnish). LÄGLOS rejects borrowing from early Proto-Germanic *bandstaz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*pac'as

1. pillar, column
2. post, pole

Inflection

Inflection of *pac'as

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pac'as	*paccahët
accusative		*paccahën	*paccahët
genitive		*paccahën	*pac'astën *paccahidën
partitive		*pac'asta	*paccahita
inessive		*paccahëssa *paccahëhna	*paccahissa *paccahihna
elative		*paccahësta	*paccahista
illative		*paccahësën	*paccahisën
adessive		*paccahëlla	*paccahilla
ablative		*paccahëlta	*paccahilta
allative		*paccahëlën *paccahëlëk	*paccahilën *paccahilëk
essive		*pac'assa	*paccahina
translative		*paccahëksi	*paccahiksi
instructive		*paccahën	*paccahin
comitative		*pac'assëk	*paccahinëk
abessive		*paccahëtta	*paccahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) patsas
• Finnish: patsas
  • → Inari Sami: pääcis
• Ingrian: patsas
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: pačaš
  • South Karelian: pačaš
• Livvi: pačas
• Ludian: pacaz
• Veps: pacaz, patsaz
• Votic: patsaz (Mati)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “patsas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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