Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/petkel

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *petkele, borrowed from Indo-Iranian language (compare Sarikoli petgāl (“hammer, wooden mallet”)).

Noun

*petkel

1. pestle

Inflection

Inflection of *petkel

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*petkel	*petkelet
accusative		*petkelen	*petkelet
genitive		*petkelen	*petkelden *petkeliden
partitive		*petkeltä	*petkelitä
inessive		*petkelessä *petkelehnä	*petkelissä *petkelihnä
elative		*petkelestä	*petkelistä
illative		*petkelesen	*petkelisen
adessive		*petkelellä	*petkelillä
ablative		*petkeleltä	*petkeliltä
allative		*petkelelen *petkelelek	*petkelilen *petkelilek
essive		*petkellä	*petkelinä
translative		*petkeleksi	*petkeliksi
instructive		*petkelen	*petkelin
comitative		*petkellek	*petkelinek
abessive		*petkelettä	*petkelittä

Descendants

From *petkel:

• Estonian: petkel (archaic)
• Finnish: petkel
• Ingrian: petel, petkel
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: petel
  • South Karelian: petel
• Livvi: petkel
• Ludian: petkel
• Veps: petkel
• Võro: pekli
• Votic: petšel

From *petkeleh:

• Finnish: petkele
• Ingrian: petkele

Further reading

• “petkel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1482 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.