Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/povi

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.

Noun

*povi[1]

  1. bosom, breast

Inflection

Inflection of *povi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *povi *povët
accusative *povën *povët
genitive *povën *povëdën
*povidën
partitive *povëda *povida
inessive *povëssa
*povëhna 		*povissa
*povihna
elative *povësta *povista
illative *povëhën *povihën
adessive *povëlla *povilla
ablative *povëlta *povilta
allative *povëlën
*povëlëk 		*povilën
*povilëk
essive *povëna *povina
translative *povëksi *poviksi
instructive *povën *povin
comitative *povënëk *povinëk
abessive *povëtta *povitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: põu
  • Finnish: povi
  • Ingrian: povi
  • Karelian: povi
  • Livonian: pȯ’j
  • Livvi: povi
  • Ludian: povi
  • Veps: povi
  • Votic: põvvi

References

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

Further reading

  • “põu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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