Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/palmikkoi

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

From *palmi-, from earlier *polma (whence also Proto-Samic *poalmē (plait)) +‎ *-kkoi; further etymology unknown.

Noun

*palmikkoi[1]

  1. plait, braid

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: palmik
  • Finnish: palmikko
  • Ingrian: palmikko
  • Karelian:
  • >? Livonian: paļškõz
  • Livvi: palmikko
  • Ludian: palmik
  • Veps: palmik
  • Võro: palmik

References

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

Further reading

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