Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peijeh

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHiyas (“libation”).[1]

However, a connection to Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“doomed, marked for death”) has also been postulated.

Noun

*peijeh[2]

  1. funeral feast, wake
  2. feast to celebrate the kill of a bear

Inflection

Inflection of *peijeh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *peijeh *peijehet
accusative *peijehen *peijehet
genitive *peijehen *peijehten
*peijehiden
partitive *peijehtä *peijehitä
inessive *peijehessä
*peijehehnä 		*peijehissä
*peijehihnä
elative *peijehestä *peijehistä
illative *peijehesen *peijehisen
adessive *peijehellä *peijehillä
ablative *peijeheltä *peijehiltä
allative *peijehelen
*peijehelek 		*peijehilen
*peijehilek
essive *peijehenä *peijehinä
translative *peijeheksi *peijehiksi
instructive *peijehen *peijehin
comitative *peijehenek *peijehinek
abessive *peijehettä *peijehittä

Descendants

From *peijeh:

  • Estonian: peied pl
  • Livonian: (Salaca) peijed pl

From Northern *peijas:

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “peijaat”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 29 November 2022
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*peijeh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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