Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pakki
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from the same root as *pak'ahtadak, in which case the meaning may have been "pain that feels like something is about to burst". This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
*pakki[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pakki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pakki | *pak'it | |
| accusative | *pak'in | *pak'it | |
| genitive | *pak'in | *pakkidën *pakkëjidën | |
| partitive | *pakkida | *pakkëjita | |
| inessive | *pak'issa *pak'ihna |
*pakkëjissa *pakkëjihna | |
| elative | *pak'ista | *pakkëjista | |
| illative | *pakkihën | *pakkëjisën | |
| adessive | *pak'illa | *pakkëjilla | |
| ablative | *pak'ilta | *pakkëjilta | |
| allative | *pakkilën *pakkilëk |
*pakkëjilën *pakkëjilëk | |
| essive | *pakkina | *pakkëjina | |
| translative | *pak'iksi | *pakkëjiksi | |
| instructive | *pak'in | *pakkëjin | |
| comitative | *pakkinëk | *pakkëjinëk | |
| abessive | *pak'itta | *pakkëjitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: pakk (“haste, hurry”), ⇒ pakitama / pakitada (“to be sore, ache”)
- Livonian: paḱ (“to force to eat”)
- Võro: pakk'
*pakko (Northern Finnic, with *-o):
- Finnish: pakko (“need, obligation”), ⇒ pakottaa (“to force; be sore, ache”)
- Ingrian: pakko (“necessary”)
- → Votic: pakko (“required, necessary”)
- Karelian:
- Ludian: ⇒ pakottada (“to be sore, ache”)
- Veps: ⇒ pakutada (“to be sore, ache”)
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pakko1”, 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