Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puhtas

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-Indo-Iranian *puHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-tó-s.

Adjective

*puhtas[1]

  1. clean

Inflection

Inflection of *puhtas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *puhtas *puhtahët
accusative *puhtahën *puhtahët
genitive *puhtahën *puhtastën
*puhtahidën
partitive *puhtasta *puhtahita
inessive *puhtahëssa
*puhtahëhna 		*puhtahissa
*puhtahihna
elative *puhtahësta *puhtahista
illative *puhtahësën *puhtahisën
adessive *puhtahëlla *puhtahilla
ablative *puhtahëlta *puhtahilta
allative *puhtahëlën
*puhtahëlëk 		*puhtahilën
*puhtahilëk
essive *puhtassa *puhtahina
translative *puhtahëksi *puhtahiksi
instructive *puhtahën *puhtahin
comitative *puhtassëk *puhtahinëk
abessive *puhtahëtta *puhtahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: puhas
  • Finnish: puhdas
  • Ingrian: puhas
  • Karelian: puhaš
  • Livonian: pū’dõz
  • Livvi: puhtas
  • Ludian: puhtaz
  • Veps: puhtaz
  • Võro: puhas
  • Votic: puhaz

References

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

Further reading

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