Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/povi

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.

Noun

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*povi

  1. bosom, breast

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: põu
  • Finnish: povi
  • Ingrian: povi
  • Karelian: povi
  • Livonian: pȯ’j
  • Livvi: povi
  • Ludian: povi
  • Veps: povi
  • Votic: põvvi

Further reading

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  • põu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.