Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pihti

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *pište. Cognate with Proto-Samic *pëstë.

Noun

*pihti[1]

  1. splint holder
    Synonym: *rahko
  2. (in the plural) pliers, tongs

Inflection

Inflection of *pihti
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pihti *pihtet
accusative *pihten *pihtet
genitive *pihten *pihteden
*pihtiden
partitive *pihtedä *pihtidä
inessive *pihtessä
*pihtehnä 		*pihtissä
*pihtihnä
elative *pihtestä *pihtistä
illative *pihtehen *pihtihen
adessive *pihtellä *pihtillä
ablative *pihteltä *pihtiltä
allative *pihtelen
*pihtelek 		*pihtilen
*pihtilek
essive *pihtenä *pihtinä
translative *pihteksi *pihtiksi
instructive *pihten *pihtin
comitative *pihtenek *pihtinek
abessive *pihtettä *pihtittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: piht, pihid pl
  • Finnish: pihti, pihdit pl
  • Ingrian: pihet pl
  • Karelian: pihti, pihet pl
  • Livvi: piihtet pl
  • Ludian: piihted pl
  • Veps: pihthed pl
  • Võro: pihtõq pl
  • Votic: pihed pl

References

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

Further reading

  • “piht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1492 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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