Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puu
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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]From Proto-Uralic *puwe.
Noun
[edit]*puu[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *puu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *puu | *puut | |
| accusative | *puun | *puut | |
| genitive | *puun | *puudën *puidën | |
| partitive | *puuta | *puita | |
| inessive | *puussa *puuhna |
*puissa *puihna | |
| elative | *puusta | *puista | |
| illative | *puusën | *puisën | |
| adessive | *puulla | *puilla | |
| ablative | *puulta | *puilta | |
| allative | *puulën *puulëk |
*puilën *puilëk | |
| essive | *puuna | *puina | |
| translative | *puuksi | *puiksi | |
| instructive | *puun | *puin | |
| comitative | *puunëk | *puinëk | |
| abessive | *puutta | *puitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: puu
- Finnish: puu
- Ingrian: puu
- Karelian:
- Livonian: pū
- Livvi: puu
- Ludian: puu
- Veps: pu
- Võro: puu
- Votic: puu
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “puu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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