Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paaci

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare dialectal German spaad (spar (mineral))) or from Northwest Proto-Germanic *spāda- (whence German Spat (spar (mineral))).

Noun

*paaci[1]

  1. stone slab
  2. slate (rock)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: paas
  • Finnish: paasi
  • Ingrian: paasi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: (dialectal) puasi, puaje (< *paadëk)
    • South Karelian: puaje (< *paadëk)
  • Livonian: pǭž
  • Võro: paas'
  • Votic: paasi

References

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

Further reading

  • paas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “paasi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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