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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peikälo

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

Probably from earlier *pelkälo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pelkä, *pälkä (“thumb”).

Noun

*peikälo

  1. thumb

Inflection
Inflection of *peikälo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *peikälo *peikälot
accusative *peikälon *peikälot
genitive *peikälon *peikälodën
*peikäloidën
partitive *peikälota *peikäloita
inessive *peikälossa
*peikälohna		 *peikäloissa
*peikäloihna
elative *peikälosta *peikäloista
illative *peikälosën *peikäloisën
adessive *peikälolla *peikäloilla
ablative *peikälolta *peikäloilta
allative *peikälolën
*peikälolëk		 *peikäloilën
*peikäloilëk
essive *peikälona *peikäloina
translative *peikäloksi *peikäloiksi
instructive *peikälon *peikäloin
comitative *peikälonëk *peikäloinëk
abessive *peikälotta *peikäloitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: pöial
  • Finnish: peukalo, (dialectal) peikalo
  • Ingrian: peukalo, peukolo, peukola, peukala
  • Karelian: (Northern) peikalo, (Southern) peigalo
  • Livonian: pēgal
  • Livvi: peigalo/peigoi
  • Ludian: peigal
  • Veps: peigol
  • Votic: peukolo, (Mati) peiko

Further reading
  • “pöial”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #723 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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