Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pinta

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spindaz, compare Middle High German spint (fat, lard, sapwood) and Dutch spint (spinthout (sapwood)). Alternatively (but less likely) from Proto-Finno-Permic *pinta, if related to Moksha понда (ponda, body), Erzya пондакш (pondakš, shaggy), Udmurt педло (pedlo, out).[1]

Noun

*pinta[2]

  1. surface
  2. sapwood
  3. fat

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: pind
  • Finnish: pinta
  • Ingrian: pinta
  • Karelian: pinta (Northern), pinda (Southern)
  • Livonian: pīnda
  • Livvi: pindu
  • Ludian: pind
  • Veps: pind
  • Votic: pintõ
  • Russian: пинда (pinda)

Further reading

  • pind”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References

  1. ^ http://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?id_eintrag=1485
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*pinta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)