Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pouvi

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

Probably from earlier *powwi, from Proto-Uralic *poŋŋe.

Noun

*pouvi

1. bosom, breast

Inflection

Inflection of *pouvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pouvi	*pouvët
accusative		*pouvën	*pouvët
genitive		*pouvën	*pouvëdën *pouvidën
partitive		*pouvëda	*pouvida
inessive		*pouvëssa *pouvëhna	*pouvissa *pouvihna
elative		*pouvësta	*pouvista
illative		*pouvëhën	*pouvihën
adessive		*pouvëlla	*pouvilla
ablative		*pouvëlta	*pouvilta
allative		*pouvëlën *pouvëlëk	*pouvilën *pouvilëk
essive		*pouvëna	*pouvina
translative		*pouvëksi	*pouviksi
instructive		*pouvën	*pouvin
comitative		*pouvënëk	*pouvinëk
abessive		*pouvëtta	*pouvitta

Alternative reconstructions

• *povi

Descendants

• Estonian: põu
• Finnish: povi
• Ingrian: povvi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: povi
  • South Karelian: povi
• Livonian: pȯ’j
• Livvi: povi
• Ludian: povi
• Veps: povi
• Võro: pu̬u̬
• Votic: põvvi

Further reading

• “põu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “povi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[3] (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