Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pakkainën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *pakka- + *-inën. Further etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *pākkës (? < *päkkä); alternatively, could be from the same root as *pak'ahtadak (“to burst”).
Noun
*pakkainën[1]
- frost (freezing weather)
Inflection
Inflection of *pakkainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pakkainën | *pakkaicët | |
| accusative | *pakkaicën | *pakkaicët | |
| genitive | *pakkaicën | *pak'aictën *pakkaicidën | |
| partitive | *pak'aicta | *pakkaicita | |
| inessive | *pakkaicëssa *pakkaicëhna |
*pakkaicissa *pakkaicihna | |
| elative | *pakkaicësta | *pakkaicista | |
| illative | *pakkaicësën | *pakkaicisën | |
| adessive | *pakkaicëlla | *pakkaicilla | |
| ablative | *pakkaicëlta | *pakkaicilta | |
| allative | *pakkaicëlën *pakkaicëlëk |
*pakkaicilën *pakkaicilëk | |
| essive | *pak'ainna | *pakkaicina | |
| translative | *pakkaicëksi | *pakkaiciksi | |
| instructive | *pakkaicën | *pakkaicin | |
| comitative | *pak'ainnëk | *pakkaicinëk | |
| abessive | *pakkaicëtta | *pakkaicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: pakane
- Finnish: pakkanen
- Ingrian: pakkain
- Karelian:
- Livvi: pakkaine
- Ludian: pakaine
- Veps: pakaine
- Votic: pakkain, pakkan
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pakka-inën”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “pakane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012