Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëhku

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

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

*pëhku

1. straw bedding, litter

   Synonym: *pahna

Inflection

Inflection of *pëhku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pëhku	*pëhkut
accusative		*pëhkun	*pëhkut
genitive		*pëhkun	*pëhkudën *pëhkuidën
partitive		*pëhkuda	*pëhkuida
inessive		*pëhkussa *pëhkuhna	*pëhkuissa *pëhkuihna
elative		*pëhkusta	*pëhkuista
illative		*pëhkuhën	*pëhkuihën
adessive		*pëhkulla	*pëhkuilla
ablative		*pëhkulta	*pëhkuilta
allative		*pëhkulën *pëhkulëk	*pëhkuilën *pëhkuilëk
essive		*pëhkuna	*pëhkuina
translative		*pëhkuksi	*pëhkuiksi
instructive		*pëhkun	*pëhkuin
comitative		*pëhkunëk	*pëhkuinëk
abessive		*pëhkutta	*pëhkuitta

Descendants

• Estonian: põhk
• Finnish: pehku
• Ingrian: pehku
• Karelian: pehku
• ⇒ Livonian: pȭ’kt
• Livvi: pehko
• Ludian: pehk
• Veps: pehk
• Võro: põhk
• Votic: (Mati, Kõrvõttula) põhku

Further reading

• “põhk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012