Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëlu

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-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian pelus, Lithuanian pelūs, Old Prussian pelwo), related to Proto-Slavic *pèlva.

Noun

*pëlu (Northern Finnic)

  1. chaff, chopped straw
    Synonyms: *akana, *pëhku, *ruumën

Inflection

Inflection of *pëlu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pëlu *pëlut
accusative *pëlun *pëlut
genitive *pëlun *pëludën
*pëluidën
partitive *pëluda *pëluida
inessive *pëlussa
*pëluhna 		*pëluissa
*pëluihna
elative *pëlusta *pëluista
illative *pëluhën *pëluihën
adessive *pëlulla *pëluilla
ablative *pëlulta *pëluilta
allative *pëlulën
*pëlulëk 		*pëluilën
*pëluilëk
essive *pëluna *pëluina
translative *pëluksi *pëluiksi
instructive *pëlun *pëluin
comitative *pëlunëk *pëluinëk
abessive *pëlutta *pëluitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) pelu, pelut pl
  • Veps: pelu

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pelu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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