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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puhtas
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *puHtos, from *pewH-.
Adjective
*puhtas
- clean
Inflection
Inflection of *puhtas
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *puhtas | *puhtahet | |
| accusative | *puhtahen | *puhtahet | |
| genitive | *puhtahen | *puhtasten *puhtahiden | |
| partitive | *puhtasta | *puhtahita | |
| inessive | *puhtahessa | *puhtahissa | |
| elative | *puhtahesta | *puhtahista | |
| illative | *puhtahesen | *puhtahisen | |
| adessive | *puhtahella | *puhtahilla | |
| ablative | *puhtahelta | *puhtahilta | |
| allative | *puhtahelek | *puhtahilek | |
| essive | *puhtassa | *puhtahina | |
| translative | *puhtaheksi | *puhtahiksi | |
| instructive | *puhtahen | *puhtahin | |
| comitative | *puhtassek | *puhtahinek | |
| abessive | *puhtahekta | *puhtahikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: puhas
- Finnish: puhdas
- → Northern Sami: buhtis
- Ingrian: puhas
- Karelian: puhas
- Livonian: pū’dõz
- Livvi: puhtas
- Ludian: puhtaz
- Veps: puhtaz
- Võro: puhas
- Votic: puhaz
Further reading
- puhas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN