Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paikka
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ, whence Gutnish spaik (“a mark carved in a tree”). LÄGLOS, however, considers this uncertain due to the semantic gap.[1]
Noun
[edit]*paikka[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *paikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paikka | *paik'at | |
| accusative | *paik'an | *paik'at | |
| genitive | *paik'an | *paikkadën *paikkoidën | |
| partitive | *paikkada | *paikkoida | |
| inessive | *paik'assa *paik'ahna |
*paik'oissa *paik'oihna | |
| elative | *paik'asta | *paik'oista | |
| illative | *paikkahën | *paikkoihën | |
| adessive | *paik'alla | *paik'oilla | |
| ablative | *paik'alta | *paik'oilta | |
| allative | *paikkalën *paikkalëk |
*paikkoilën *paikkoilëk | |
| essive | *paikkana | *paikkoina | |
| translative | *paik'aksi | *paik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *paik'an | *paik'oin | |
| comitative | *paikkanëk | *paikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *paik'atta | *paik'oitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: paik
- Finnish: paikka
- Ingrian: paikka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: pāika
- Livvi: paikku
- Ludian: paik
- Veps: paik
- Võro: paik
- Votic: paikkõ
- → Proto-Samic: *pājkkē (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012