Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pagacca-

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

Unknown.

Noun

*pagacca-

1. alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

Descendants

• Estonian: paaks- (in compound: paakspuu)
• Finnish: paatsama (< *pagacca-ma)
• Ingrian: paatsa- (in compound: paatsapuu)
• Livonian: pagāst- (in compound: pagāstmōŗapū)
• Livvi: pakačin (< *pagacc-in)
• Ludian: pagačin (< *pagacc-in)
• Veps: pagač (< *pagacc-in)
• Võro: paadsa- (in compound: paadsapuu)

Further reading

• “paaks-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “paatsama”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN