Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pitkä

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

From a stem *pit(e)- +‎ *-kä, from Proto-Uralic *pide. Formally identical to Proto-Samoyedic *pirkä (“high”); other cognates include Hungarian fel, föl (“up”). Many of the derived terms are derived directly from the stem *pit(e)-.

Adjective

*pitkä

1. long
2. tall

Related terms

• *picin
• *pidempi
• *pidet'äk
• *piduc
• *pidusta

Descendants

• Estonian: pikk
• Finnish: pitkä
• Ingrian: pitkä, pitki
• Karelian: pitkä
• Livonian: pitka
• Livvi: pitky
• Ludian: pit'k
• Veps: pit'k
• Võro: pikk
• Votic: pittše

References

• “pikk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN