Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paha
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from earlier *paša, or borrowed from Northwest Germanic *bāga-, from Proto-Germanic *bēgaz, whence also Icelandic bágur.
Adjective
[edit]*paha[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *paha
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *paha | *pahat | |
accusative | *pahan | *pahat | |
genitive | *pahan | *pahadën *pahoidën | |
partitive | *pahada | *pahoida | |
inessive | *pahassa *pahahna |
*pahoissa *pahoihna | |
elative | *pahasta | *pahoista | |
illative | *pahahën | *pahoihën | |
adessive | *pahalla | *pahoilla | |
ablative | *pahalta | *pahoilta | |
allative | *pahalën *pahalëk |
*pahoilën *pahoilëk | |
essive | *pahana | *pahoina | |
translative | *pahaksi | *pahoiksi | |
instructive | *pahan | *pahoin | |
comitative | *pahanëk | *pahoinëk | |
abessive | *pahatta | *pahoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: paha
- Finnish: paha
- Ingrian: paha
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Livonian: pō’mi (from the comparative *pahëmpi)
- Livvi: paha
- Ludian: paha
- Veps: paha
- Votic: paha
- → Proto-Samic: *puošē
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paha”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012