Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pardas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (whence Old Norse barð and Norwegian Nynorsk bard).

Noun

*pardas

1. edge, brink, verge
2. board, gunwale (of a boat, ship)

Declension

Inflection of *pardas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pardas	*partahët
accusative		*partahën	*partahët
genitive		*partahën	*pardastën *partahidën
partitive		*pardasta	*partahita
inessive		*partahëssa *partahëhna	*partahissa *partahihna
elative		*partahësta	*partahista
illative		*partahësën	*partahisën
adessive		*partahëlla	*partahilla
ablative		*partahëlta	*partahilta
allative		*partahëlën *partahëlëk	*partahilën *partahilëk
essive		*pardassa	*partahina
translative		*partahëksi	*partahiksi
instructive		*partahën	*partahin
comitative		*pardassëk	*partahinëk
abessive		*partahëtta	*partahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: parras
• Finnish: parras
• Ingrian: parras
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: parras
  • South Karelian: parras
• Livonian: pārdaz
• Livvi: parras
• Ludian: pardaz
• Võro: parras
• Votic: parrõz

Further reading

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