Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puuska
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
Unknown. Possibly related to *puskëdak, or alternatively onomatopoeic.
Noun
*puuska[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *puuska
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *puuska | *puuskat | |
| accusative | *puuskan | *puuskat | |
| genitive | *puuskan | *puuskadën *puuskëidën | |
| partitive | *puuskada | *puuskëida | |
| inessive | *puuskassa *puuskahna |
*puuskëissa *puuskëihna | |
| elative | *puuskasta | *puuskëista | |
| illative | *puuskahën | *puuskëihën | |
| adessive | *puuskalla | *puuskëilla | |
| ablative | *puuskalta | *puuskëilta | |
| allative | *puuskalën *puuskalëk |
*puuskëilën *puuskëilëk | |
| essive | *puuskana | *puuskëina | |
| translative | *puuskaksi | *puuskëiksi | |
| instructive | *puuskan | *puuskëin | |
| comitative | *puuskanëk | *puuskëinëk | |
| abessive | *puuskatta | *puuskëitta | |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
*puuska
Inflection
Inflection of *puuska
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *puuska | *puuskat | |
| accusative | *puuskan | *puuskat | |
| genitive | *puuskan | *puuskadën *puuskëidën | |
| partitive | *puuskada | *puuskëida | |
| inessive | *puuskassa *puuskahna |
*puuskëissa *puuskëihna | |
| elative | *puuskasta | *puuskëista | |
| illative | *puuskahën | *puuskëihën | |
| adessive | *puuskalla | *puuskëilla | |
| ablative | *puuskalta | *puuskëilta | |
| allative | *puuskalën *puuskalëk |
*puuskëilën *puuskëilëk | |
| essive | *puuskana | *puuskëina | |
| translative | *puuskaksi | *puuskëiksi | |
| instructive | *puuskan | *puuskëin | |
| comitative | *puuskanëk | *puuskëinëk | |
| abessive | *puuskatta | *puuskëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: puus, (archaic, dialectal) puusk
- Finnish: puuska
- Ingrian: puuska
- Võro: puusk
- Votic: puuskõ
References
Further reading
- “puus”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “puuska”, in 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