Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pëllavas

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

*pëllavas

1. flax
2. linen

Inflection

Inflection of *pëllavas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pëllavas	*pëllavasët
accusative		*pëllavasën	*pëllavasët
genitive		*pëllavasën	*pëllavastën *pëllavasidën
partitive		*pëllavasta	*pëllavasida
inessive		*pëllavasëssa *pëllavasëhna	*pëllavasissa *pëllavasihna
elative		*pëllavasësta	*pëllavasista
illative		*pëllavasëhën	*pëllavasihën
adessive		*pëllavasëlla	*pëllavasilla
ablative		*pëllavasëlta	*pëllavasilta
allative		*pëllavasëlën *pëllavasëlëk	*pëllavasilën *pëllavasilëk
essive		*pëllavassa	*pëllavasina
translative		*pëllavasëksi	*pëllavasiksi
instructive		*pëllavasën	*pëllavasin
comitative		*pëllavassëk	*pëllavasinëk
abessive		*pëllavasëtta	*pëllavasitta

Descendants

• Finnish: pellava, (dialectal) pellavas
• Ingrian: pellovas, >? pövvy
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: pellavas
  • South Karelian: pelvas
• Livvi: pelvas
• Ludian: pelvaz, >? pövü
• Veps: pölvaz, >? pövu
• Votic: pellõvõz, pellovõz