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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pälvi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Samic *pievlë, further origin uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian pal̃vė and Old Prussian palve).
Noun
*pälvi
- snowless spot on the ground
Inflection
Inflection of *pälvi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *pälvi | *pälvet | |
accusative | *pälven | *pälvet | |
genitive | *pälven | *pälveden *pälviden | |
partitive | *pälvedä | *pälvidä | |
inessive | *pälvessä *pälvehnä | *pälvissä *pälvihnä | |
elative | *pälvestä | *pälvistä | |
illative | *pälvehen | *pälvihen | |
adessive | *pälvellä | *pälvillä | |
ablative | *pälveltä | *pälviltä | |
allative | *pälvelen *pälvelek | *pälvilen *pälvilek | |
essive | *pälvenä | *pälvinä | |
translative | *pälveksi | *pälviksi | |
instructive | *pälven | *pälvin | |
comitative | *pälvenek | *pälvinek | |
abessive | *pälvettä | *pälvittä |
Descendants
- Finnish: pälvi
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: pälvi
- South Karelian: pälvi
- Livvi: pälvi
- Ludian: pälv
- Võro: pälv', pälveq
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pälvi”, 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