Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pivo

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-Uralic *piŋɜ.

Noun edit

*pivo

  1. palm (inner part of the hand)
  2. handful

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: peo
  • Finnish: pivo
  • Ingrian: pijo, piho
  • Karelian: pivo
  • Livonian: pi’v
  • Livvi: pivo
  • Ludian: pivo
  • Veps: pijo
  • Võro: pio
  • Votic: (Kattila) pivo

Further reading edit

  • peo”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #772 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.