Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/poikainën
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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]Noun
[edit]*poikainën
- boy, little boy
- young (of an animal)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *poikainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *poikainën | *poikaicët | |
| accusative | *poikaicën | *poikaicët | |
| genitive | *poikaicën | *poigaictën *poikaicidën | |
| partitive | *poigaicta | *poikaicita | |
| inessive | *poikaicëssa *poikaicëhna |
*poikaicissa *poikaicihna | |
| elative | *poikaicësta | *poikaicista | |
| illative | *poikaicësën | *poikaicisën | |
| adessive | *poikaicëlla | *poikaicilla | |
| ablative | *poikaicëlta | *poikaicilta | |
| allative | *poikaicëlën *poikaicëlëk |
*poikaicilën *poikaicilëk | |
| essive | *poigainna | *poikaicina | |
| translative | *poikaicëksi | *poikaiciksi | |
| instructive | *poikaicën | *poikaicin | |
| comitative | *poigainnëk | *poikaicinëk | |
| abessive | *poikaicëtta | *poikaicitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: poikanen
- Ingrian: poikain
- Karelian:
- Livonian: (Salaca) poigi
- Livvi: poigane
- Ludian: poigaine
- Veps: (Southern) poigaane
- Votic: poikain, poikõin
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “poika”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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