Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/palci
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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]From earlier *palti, cognate with Proto-Samic *puoltë, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *falþaz (whence Old Norse faldr).
Noun
[edit]*palci[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *palci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *palci | *paldët | |
| accusative | *paldën | *paldët | |
| genitive | *paldën | *paltëdën *palcidën | |
| partitive | *paltëda | *palcida | |
| inessive | *paldëssa *paldëhna |
*palcissa *palcihna | |
| elative | *paldësta | *palcista | |
| illative | *paltëhën | *palcihën | |
| adessive | *paldëlla | *palcilla | |
| ablative | *paldëlta | *palcilta | |
| allative | *paltëlën *paltëlëk |
*palcilën *palcilëk | |
| essive | *paltëna | *palcina | |
| translative | *paldëksi | *palciksi | |
| instructive | *paldën | *palcin | |
| comitative | *paltënëk | *palcinëk | |
| abessive | *paldëtta | *palcitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: palsi
- → Northern Sami: bálsi
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: palzi
- Livvi: palzi
- → Proto-Samic: *pāltë, *puolčë (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “palsi”, 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