Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pohja
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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]Unknown. Akin to Proto-Samic *poaššō, but this is probably borrowed from earlier Finnic. The word has been proposed to be a borrowing from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)posčaH (later *pasčā), but this is rejected by Holopainen (2019).[1] Several proposals for Germanic loan origin have also been advanced, including derivation from Proto-Germanic *bansijaz (“haystack”), but these are likewise considered unlikely.[2]
Noun
[edit]*pohja[3]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *pohja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pohja | *pohjat | |
| accusative | *pohjan | *pohjat | |
| genitive | *pohjan | *pohjadën *pohjëidën | |
| partitive | *pohjada | *pohjëida | |
| inessive | *pohjassa *pohjahna |
*pohjëissa *pohjëihna | |
| elative | *pohjasta | *pohjëista | |
| illative | *pohjahën | *pohjëihën | |
| adessive | *pohjalla | *pohjëilla | |
| ablative | *pohjalta | *pohjëilta | |
| allative | *pohjalën *pohjalëk |
*pohjëilën *pohjëilëk | |
| essive | *pohjana | *pohjëina | |
| translative | *pohjaksi | *pohjëiksi | |
| instructive | *pohjan | *pohjëin | |
| comitative | *pohjanëk | *pohjëinëk | |
| abessive | *pohjatta | *pohjëitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: põhi
- Finnish: pohja
- Ingrian: pohja
- Karelian: pohja
- Livonian: pūoj
- Livvi: pohju
- Ludian: pohd'
- Veps: pohj
- Võro: põhi (“base, foundation, bottom, north”), põh'a (“base, foundation, bottom”)
- Votic: põhjõ
References
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][3] (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
- ^ Holopainen, Sampsa. 2019. Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic : Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion. [1]. pp. 138–139.
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pohja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)