Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peijeh
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]
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
- Võro: peie
From Northern *peijas:
- Finnish: peijaat pl, ⇒ peijaiset pl
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: (dialectal) peijahat pl, ⇒ peijahaiset pl
- South Karelian: (dialectal) peijahat pl
References
- ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “peijaat”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 29 November 2022
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*peijeh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “peied”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012