Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paksu
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰúš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰénǵʰus (compare Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick, large”)), but there are not that many parallels for Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰ being adapted into Finnic as *ks (*maksadak might be another example for something similar). Compare also Erzya покш (pokš, “big, adult”).
Adjective
*paksu
Inflection
Inflection of *paksu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paksu | *paksut | |
| accusative | *paksun | *paksut | |
| genitive | *paksun | *paksudën *paksuidën | |
| partitive | *paksuda | *paksuida | |
| inessive | *paksussa *paksuhna |
*paksuissa *paksuihna | |
| elative | *paksusta | *paksuista | |
| illative | *paksuhën | *paksuihën | |
| adessive | *paksulla | *paksuilla | |
| ablative | *paksulta | *paksuilta | |
| allative | *paksulën *paksulëk |
*paksuilën *paksuilëk | |
| essive | *paksuna | *paksuina | |
| translative | *paksuksi | *paksuiksi | |
| instructive | *paksun | *paksuin | |
| comitative | *paksunëk | *paksuinëk | |
| abessive | *paksutta | *paksuitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: paks
- Finnish: paksu
- Ingrian: paksu
- → Votic: paksu
- Karelian: paksu
- Livvi: puaksu
- Ludian: puaks
- Veps: paks
- Võro: paks
- Votic: (Kattila) pahsu
Further reading
- “paks”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012