Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëllavas
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Compare also Estonian põll (“apron”) (< *pëlli : *pëllë-) and possibly the Estonian toponym Põlva.
Koivulehto has proposed that the word is derived from Proto-Germanic *fellą, but LÄGLOS rejects this theory on morphological grounds; it, instead, proposes a comparison with Latvian pelavas (“chaff”), Lithuanian plėvẽ (“thin skin; film”), but admits that the Finnic *-ll- can hardly be explained from a Baltic or Slavic *-l-.[1]
Noun
[edit]*pëllavas (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *pëllavas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pëllavas | *pëllavasët | |
| accusative | *pëllavasën | *pëllavasët | |
| genitive | *pëllavasën | *pëllavastën *pëllavasidën | |
| partitive | *pëllavasta | *pëllavasida | |
| inessive | *pëllavasëssa *pëllavasëhna |
*pëllavasissa *pëllavasihna | |
| elative | *pëllavasësta | *pëllavasista | |
| illative | *pëllavasëhën | *pëllavasihën | |
| adessive | *pëllavasëlla | *pëllavasilla | |
| ablative | *pëllavasëlta | *pëllavasilta | |
| allative | *pëllavasëlën *pëllavasëlëk |
*pëllavasilën *pëllavasilëk | |
| essive | *pëllavassa | *pëllavasina | |
| translative | *pëllavasëksi | *pëllavasiksi | |
| instructive | *pëllavasën | *pëllavasin | |
| comitative | *pëllavassëk | *pëllavasinëk | |
| abessive | *pëllavasëtta | *pëllavasitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *pëllava(s):
- Finnish: pellava, (dialectal) pellavas (Eastern Finnish)
- → Votic: pellõvõz
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: pellavas
From *pëllovas:
From *pël(lV)vas (with apparent syncope):
From *pëlvu ~ *pelvü? (possibly from the former with *-u):
From *pëllavahinën (with *-inën):
- Finnish: (archaic or dialectal) pellavainen (“linen”, noun), (dialectal) pellainen (Southwest, Tavastia), >? pellain (southeast Tavastia)
Further reading
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “pellava”, 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
- “põll”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Saar, Eva. Mis seos on Põlval linaga? Läänemeresoome *pellova(s) kui veel üks võimalus selgitada kohanime Põlva päritolu (2019). The Yearbook of the Estonian Mother Tongue Society 64 (2018):192-204