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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peijas
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHiyas (“libation”). [1]
Noun
*peijas
- funeral, wake
- feast to celebrate the kill of a bear
Inflection
Inflection of *peijas
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *peijas | *peijahet | |
| accusative | *peijahen | *peijahet | |
| genitive | *peijahen | *peijasten *peijahiden | |
| partitive | *peijasta | *peijahita | |
| inessive | *peijahessa | *peijahissa | |
| elative | *peijahesta | *peijahista | |
| illative | *peijahesen | *peijahisen | |
| adessive | *peijahella | *peijahilla | |
| ablative | *peijahelta | *peijahilta | |
| allative | *peijahelen | *peijahilen | |
| essive | *peijassa | *peijahina | |
| translative | *peijaheksi | *peijahiksi | |
| instructive | *peijahen | *peijahin | |
| comitative | *peijassek | *peijahinek | |
| abessive | *peijahekta | *peijahikta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: peijaat pl, peijaiset pl
- Karelian: peijahat pl
From *peijeh:
- Estonian: peied pl
- Livonian:(Salaca) peijed pl
Further reading
- peied in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
References
- Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “peijaat”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish)