Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëtra

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

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian bendras (“common, shared”) .

Noun

*pëtra[1]

  1. deer, reindeer

Inflection

Inflection of *pëtra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pëtra *pëtrat
accusative *pëtran *pëtrat
genitive *pëtran *pëtradën
*pëtroidën
partitive *pëtrada *pëtroida
inessive *pëtrassa
*pëtrahna 		*pëtroissa
*pëtroihna
elative *pëtrasta *pëtroista
illative *pëtrahën *pëtroihën
adessive *pëtralla *pëtroilla
ablative *pëtralta *pëtroilta
allative *pëtralën
*pëtralëk 		*pëtroilën
*pëtroilëk
essive *pëtrana *pëtroina
translative *pëtraksi *pëtroiksi
instructive *pëtran *pëtroin
comitative *pëtranëk *pëtroinëk
abessive *pëtratta *pëtroitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: põder
  • Finnish: peura, (dialectal) petra
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: põ’ddõrz
  • Livvi: pedru
  • Ludian: pedr
  • Veps: pedr
  • Võro: põdõr, põdyr', põtr
  • Votic: (Lempola, Mati, Pummala) põdra

References

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

Further reading

  • “põder”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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