Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pihti

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Permic *pište. Cognate with Proto-Samic *pëstë.

Noun edit

*pihti

  1. splint holder
    Synonym: *rahko
  2. (in the plural) pliers, tongs

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • piht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1492 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.