Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/punka

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

Uncertain. According to SSA and EES, sound-symbolic and possibly related to Northern Sami boggi (“short and thick”).[1][2] Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bunkô.

Adjective

*punka[3]

  1. round, plump

Noun

*punka[3]

  1. bulge, bump, lump

Inflection

Inflection of *punka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *punka *pungat
accusative *pungan *pungat
genitive *pungan *punkadën
*punkëidën
partitive *punkada *punkëida
inessive *pungassa
*pungahna 		*pungëissa
*pungëihna
elative *pungasta *pungëista
illative *punkahën *punkëihën
adessive *pungalla *pungëilla
ablative *pungalta *pungëilta
allative *punkalën
*punkalëk 		*punkëilën
*punkëilëk
essive *punkana *punkëina
translative *pungaksi *pungëiksi
instructive *pungan *pungëin
comitative *punkanëk *punkëinëk
abessive *pungatta *pungëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: pung
  • Finnish: (dialectal) punka, ⇒ punkea, punkero
  • Livonian: būnga
  • Livvi: (dialectal) bungu, ⇒ bungura
  • Võro: pung

References

  1. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “punkea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
  2. ^ “pung”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*punka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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