Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëllavas

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

Unknown. Compare also Estonian põll (“apron”) (< *pëlli : *pëllë-) and possibly the Estonian toponym Põlva.

Noun

*pëllavas (Northern Finnic)

  1. flax
  2. linen

Inflection

Inflection of *pëllavas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pëllavas *pëllavasët
accusative *pëllavasën *pëllavasët
genitive *pëllavasën *pëllavastën
*pëllavasidën
partitive *pëllavasta *pëllavasida
inessive *pëllavasëssa
*pëllavasëhna 		*pëllavasissa
*pëllavasihna
elative *pëllavasësta *pëllavasista
illative *pëllavasëhën *pëllavasihën
adessive *pëllavasëlla *pëllavasilla
ablative *pëllavasëlta *pëllavasilta
allative *pëllavasëlën
*pëllavasëlëk 		*pëllavasilën
*pëllavasilëk
essive *pëllavassa *pëllavasina
translative *pëllavasëksi *pëllavasiksi
instructive *pëllavasën *pëllavasin
comitative *pëllavassëk *pëllavasinëk
abessive *pëllavasëtta *pëllavasitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: pellava, (dialectal) pellavas
  • Ingrian: pellovas, >? pövvy
    • → Votic: pellõvõz (or from Finnish), pellovõz
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: pellavas
    • South Karelian: pelvas
  • Livvi: pelvas
  • Ludian: pelvaz, >? pövü
  • Veps: pölvaz, >? pövu

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pellava”, 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
  • “põll”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Saar, Eva. Mis seos on Põlval linaga? Läänemeresoome *pellova(s) kui veel üks võimalus selgitada kohanime Põlva päritolu (2019). The Yearbook of the Estonian Mother Tongue Society 64 (2018):192-204
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