Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëlto
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (possibly before Grimm's law).
Noun
*pëlto[1]
- (agricultural) field
Inflection
Inflection of *pëlto
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pëlto | *pëldot | |
| accusative | *pëldon | *pëldot | |
| genitive | *pëldon | *pëltodën *pëltoidën | |
| partitive | *pëltoda | *pëltoida | |
| inessive | *pëldossa *pëldohna |
*pëldoissa *pëldoihna | |
| elative | *pëldosta | *pëldoista | |
| illative | *pëltohën | *pëltoihën | |
| adessive | *pëldolla | *pëldoilla | |
| ablative | *pëldolta | *pëldoilta | |
| allative | *pëltolën *pëltolëk |
*pëltoilën *pëltoilëk | |
| essive | *pëltona | *pëltoina | |
| translative | *pëldoksi | *pëldoiksi | |
| instructive | *pëldon | *pëldoin | |
| comitative | *pëltonëk | *pëltoinëk | |
| abessive | *pëldotta | *pëldoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: põld
- Finnish: pelto
- Ingrian: pelto
- Karelian:
- Livonian: (Salaca) pehld
- Livvi: peldo
- Ludian: peld
- Veps: pöud
- Võro: põld
- Votic: põlto
- → Proto-Samic: *pealtō (see there for further descendants)
References
- “põld”, 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), 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