Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëlto

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (possibly before Grimm's law).

Noun

*pëlto[1]

  1. (agricultural) field

Inflection

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

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pëlto”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • 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