Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/povi

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.

Noun

*povi

1. bosom, breast

Inflection

Inflection of *povi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*povi	*povët
accusative		*povën	*povët
genitive		*povën	*povëdën *povidën
partitive		*povëda	*povida
inessive		*povëssa *povëhna	*povissa *povihna
elative		*povësta	*povista
illative		*povëhën	*povihën
adessive		*povëlla	*povilla
ablative		*povëlta	*povilta
allative		*povëlën *povëlëk	*povilën *povilëk
essive		*povëna	*povina
translative		*povëksi	*poviksi
instructive		*povën	*povin
comitative		*povënëk	*povinëk
abessive		*povëtta	*povitta

Descendants

• Estonian: põu
• Finnish: povi
• Ingrian: povi
• Karelian: povi
• Livonian: pȯ’j
• Livvi: povi
• Ludian: povi
• Veps: povi
• Votic: põvvi

Further reading

• “põu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.