Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pako
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
From *pagët'ak (“to flee, escape”) + *-o.
Noun
*pako[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pako
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pako | *pagot | |
| accusative | *pagon | *pagot | |
| genitive | *pagon | *pakodën *pakoidën | |
| partitive | *pakoda | *pakoida | |
| inessive | *pagossa *pagohna |
*pagoissa *pagoihna | |
| elative | *pagosta | *pagoista | |
| illative | *pakohën | *pakoihën | |
| adessive | *pagolla | *pagoilla | |
| ablative | *pagolta | *pagoilta | |
| allative | *pakolën *pakolëk |
*pakoilën *pakoilëk | |
| essive | *pakona | *pakoina | |
| translative | *pagoksi | *pagoiksi | |
| instructive | *pagon | *pagoin | |
| comitative | *pakonëk | *pakoinëk | |
| abessive | *pagotta | *pagoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: pagu
- Finnish: pako
- Ingrian: pako
- Karelian:
- Livvi: pago
- Ludian: pago
- Veps: pago
- Võro: pago
- Votic: pako
References
Etymology 2
Probably a development from Etymology 1 (or possibly the other way around, if the nominal is primary instead of the verb).
Noun
*pako[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pako
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pako | *pagot | |
| accusative | *pagon | *pagot | |
| genitive | *pagon | *pakodën *pakoidën | |
| partitive | *pakoda | *pakoida | |
| inessive | *pagossa *pagohna |
*pagoissa *pagoihna | |
| elative | *pagosta | *pagoista | |
| illative | *pakohën | *pakoihën | |
| adessive | *pagolla | *pagoilla | |
| ablative | *pagolta | *pagoilta | |
| allative | *pakolën *pakolëk |
*pakoilën *pakoilëk | |
| essive | *pakona | *pakoina | |
| translative | *pagoksi | *pagoiksi | |
| instructive | *pagon | *pagoin | |
| comitative | *pakonëk | *pakoinëk | |
| abessive | *pagotta | *pagoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) pagu
- Finnish: pako
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: -pako (in compound: silmäpako)
- South Karelian: -pago (in compound: silmäpago)
- Livonian: pa’g
- Livvi: -pago (in compound: silmypago)
References
Further reading
- “pagu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “pago”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (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