Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pohtadak

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

Possibly derived (with *-tadak) from a stem Proto-Finno-Permic *po(n)šɜ-, which has been proposed to be a borrowing from Proto-Indo-European *powH-éye-ti, albeit this is less tenable if *-n- was originally part of the root.

Verb

*pohtadak (stem *pohta-)[1]

  1. to winnow (separate grain from husk or chaff with a winnowing basket)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: puhtima/puhtida
  • Finnish: (dialectal) pohtaa, pohtia
  • Ingrian: poohtaa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: puohtua
    • South Karelian: puohtua
  • Livvi: puohtua
  • Ludian: puohtada
  • Veps: pohtta
  • Votic: (Mati) pohtaa, pohoa

Further reading

  • puhtima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1504 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

References

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