peikko
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older peikkoi, from Proto-Finnic *peikoi, *peiko[1] (reshaped later with -kko; compare Estonian peig (“bridegroom”)), deriving either from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile, criminal”), *faigijaz (“fey”), or alternatively from a lost Baltic cognate (inexact parallels include Lithuanian paikas (“stupid”), piktas (“angry, bad”), pikčius (“devil”), pikulas (“devil”)), all ultimately based on Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpei̯kːo/, [ˈpe̞i̯kːo̞]
- Rhymes: -eikːo
- Syllabification(key): peik‧ko
- Hyphenation(key): peik‧ko
Noun
[edit]peikko
- (folklore) goblin, hobgoblin, gnome, gremlin (mythical man-like creature, often depicted hairy, tailed and mischievous)
- troll (in modern children's literature often a good-natured forest-dwelling humanoid)
- hobgoblin, bugbear (cause of dread, fear or apprehension)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of peikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peikko | peikot | |
| genitive | peikon | peikkojen | |
| partitive | peikkoa | peikkoja | |
| illative | peikkoon | peikkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peikko | peikot | |
| accusative | nom. | peikko | peikot |
| gen. | peikon | ||
| genitive | peikon | peikkojen | |
| partitive | peikkoa | peikkoja | |
| inessive | peikossa | peikoissa | |
| elative | peikosta | peikoista | |
| illative | peikkoon | peikkoihin | |
| adessive | peikolla | peikoilla | |
| ablative | peikolta | peikoilta | |
| allative | peikolle | peikoille | |
| essive | peikkona | peikkoina | |
| translative | peikoksi | peikoiksi | |
| abessive | peikotta | peikoitta | |
| instructive | — | peikoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Etymologiadata:imsm:peiko(i), Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (EVE)
- ^ Koivulehto, Jorma. 2005. "Noin jalot vietettiin hevonsuistajan Hektorin peijaat. Peijaiset- ja peikko-sanojen etymologia." Virittäjä 3/2005: 322–335.
Further reading
[edit]- “peikko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eikːo
- Rhymes:Finnish/eikːo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Folklore
- Finnish valo-type nominals