Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pihti

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Permic *pište. Cognate with Proto-Samic *pëstë.

Noun

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*pihti[1]

  1. splint holder
    Synonym: *rahko
  2. (in the plural) pliers, tongs

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pihti”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • piht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1492 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.