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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pako
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
From *paget'ak + *-o.
Noun
*pako
- escape, flight, fleeing
- refuge, haven
Inflection
Inflection of *pako
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *pako | *pagot | |
accusative | *pagon | *pagot | |
genitive | *pagon | *pakoden *pakoiden | |
partitive | *pakoda | *pakoida | |
inessive | *pagossa *pagohna | *pagoissa *pagoihna | |
elative | *pagosta | *pagoista | |
illative | *pakohen | *pakoihen | |
adessive | *pagolla | *pagoilla | |
ablative | *pagolta | *pagoilta | |
allative | *pakolen *pakolek | *pakoilen *pakoilek | |
essive | *pakona | *pakoina | |
translative | *pagoksi | *pagoiksi | |
instructive | *pagon | *pagoin | |
comitative | *pakonek | *pakoinek | |
abessive | *pagotta | *pagoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: pagu
- Finnish: pako
- Ingrian: pako
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: pako
- South Karelian: pago
- Livvi: pago
- Ludian: pago
- Veps: pago
- Võro: pago
- Votic: pako
Etymology 2
Probably a development from Etymology 1 (or possibly the other way around, if the nominal is primary instead of the verb).
Noun
*pako
- crack, slit, tear
Inflection
Inflection of *pako
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *pako | *pagot | |
accusative | *pagon | *pagot | |
genitive | *pagon | *pakoden *pakoiden | |
partitive | *pakoda | *pakoida | |
inessive | *pagossa *pagohna | *pagoissa *pagoihna | |
elative | *pagosta | *pagoista | |
illative | *pakohen | *pakoihen | |
adessive | *pagolla | *pagoilla | |
ablative | *pagolta | *pagoilta | |
allative | *pakolen *pakolek | *pakoilen *pakoilek | |
essive | *pakona | *pakoina | |
translative | *pagoksi | *pagoiksi | |
instructive | *pagon | *pagoin | |
comitative | *pakonek | *pakoinek | |
abessive | *pagotta | *pagoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian:(dialectal) pagu
- Finnish: pako
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: -pako (in compound: silmäpako)
- South Karelian: -pago (in compound: silmäpago)
- Livonian: pa’g
- Livvi: -pago (in compound: silmypago)
Further reading
- pagu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pago”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN