Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paaci
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]
Inflection
Inflection of *paaci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paaci | *paadët | |
| accusative | *paadën | *paadët | |
| genitive | *paadën | *paat'ën *paacidën | |
| partitive | *paatta | *paacida | |
| inessive | *paadëssa *paadëhna |
*paacissa *paacihna | |
| elative | *paadësta | *paacista | |
| illative | *paatëhën | *paacihën | |
| adessive | *paadëlla | *paacilla | |
| ablative | *paadëlta | *paacilta | |
| allative | *paatëlën *paatëlëk |
*paacilën *paacilëk | |
| essive | *paanna | *paacina | |
| translative | *paadëksi | *paaciksi | |
| instructive | *paadën | *paacin | |
| comitative | *paannëk | *paacinëk | |
| abessive | *paadëtta | *paacitta | |
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
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