Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/päkijä

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

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Etymology

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Probably related to *päkkä. Further etymology uncertain.

Noun

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*päkijä[1]

  1. ball (front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes)
  2. instep

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: päkiä
  • Ingrian: päkiäin
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: pä’g
  • Livvi: pägii
  • Ludian: päged

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*päkijä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “päkiä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN