Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puhtas
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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
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *puHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *puHtós, from *pewH-.
Adjective
edit*puhtas
Inflection
editInflection of *puhtas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *puhtas | *puhtahët | |
| accusative | *puhtahën | *puhtahët | |
| genitive | *puhtahën | *puhtastën *puhtahidën | |
| partitive | *puhtasta | *puhtahita | |
| inessive | *puhtahëssa *puhtahëhna |
*puhtahissa *puhtahihna | |
| elative | *puhtahësta | *puhtahista | |
| illative | *puhtahësën | *puhtahisën | |
| adessive | *puhtahëlla | *puhtahilla | |
| ablative | *puhtahëlta | *puhtahilta | |
| allative | *puhtahëlën *puhtahëlëk |
*puhtahilën *puhtahilëk | |
| essive | *puhtassa | *puhtahina | |
| translative | *puhtahëksi | *puhtahiksi | |
| instructive | *puhtahën | *puhtahin | |
| comitative | *puhtassëk | *puhtahinëk | |
| abessive | *puhtahëtta | *puhtahitta | |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: puhas
- Finnish: puhdas
- → Northern Sami: buhtis
- Ingrian: puhas
- Karelian: puhaš
- Livonian: pū’dõz
- Livvi: puhtas
- Ludian: puhtaz
- Veps: puhtaz
- Võro: puhas
- Votic: puhaz
Further reading
edit- “puhas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012