Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pooli
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Via earlier *pale. from Proto-Uralic *pälä (“half”). The development is regular, according to Aikio (2012) and Zhivlov (2014); compare e.g. *loomi (from Proto-Uralic *lämä), *talvi (from Proto-Uralic *tälwä.
The word has also been compared to Proto-Slavic *polъ (“half”), presuming an irregular stem-type shift *pola > *pooli after loaning. According to Aikio (2013, 2016), previously proposed examples of this change in inherited vocabulary are to be explained otherwise, however (compare e.g. *kooldak). Since the Slavic word also has an Indo-European etymology, the similarity may simply be a coincidence.
Noun
*pooli[1]
Adjective
*pooli[1]
- (not comparable) half
Inflection
Inflection of *pooli
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pooli | *poolët | |
| accusative | *poolën | *poolët | |
| genitive | *poolën | *pooldën *poolidën | |
| partitive | *poolta | *poolida | |
| inessive | *poolëssa *poolëhna |
*poolissa *poolihna | |
| elative | *poolësta | *poolista | |
| illative | *poolëhën | *poolihën | |
| adessive | *poolëlla | *poolilla | |
| ablative | *poolëlta | *poolilta | |
| allative | *poolëlën *poolëlëk |
*poolilën *poolilëk | |
| essive | *poolla | *poolina | |
| translative | *poolëksi | *pooliksi | |
| instructive | *poolën | *poolin | |
| comitative | *poollëk | *poolinëk | |
| abessive | *poolëtta | *poolitta | |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Estonian: pool
- Finnish: puoli
- Ingrian: pooli, (Ala-Laukaa) pool
- Karelian: puoli
- Livonian: pūoļ
- Livvi: puoli
- Ludian: puol'
- Veps: pol'
References
- Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2012. "On Finnic long vowels, Samoyed vowel sequences, and Proto-Uralic *x". In: Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; Sandman, Erika (eds.), Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilinguae. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 264, pp. 227–250.
- Aikio, Ante. 2013. "Uralilaisen kantakielen vokaalistosta". Paper presented at the seminar Etymologia ja kielihistoria: Erkki Itkosen ja Aulis J. Joen 100-vuotisjuhlaseminaari.
- Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
- 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
- Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.