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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peijeh

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 borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHiyas (“libation”).[1]

However, a connection to Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“doomed, marked for death”) has also been postulated.

Noun

*peijeh

  1. funeral feast, wake
  2. feast to celebrate the kill of a bear

Inflection
Inflection of *peijeh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *peijeh *peijehet
accusative *peijehen *peijehet
genitive *peijehen *peijehten
*peijehiden
partitive *peijehtä *peijehitä
inessive *peijehessä
*peijehehnä		 *peijehissä
*peijehihnä
elative *peijehestä *peijehistä
illative *peijehesen *peijehisen
adessive *peijehellä *peijehillä
ablative *peijeheltä *peijehiltä
allative *peijehelen
*peijehelek		 *peijehilen
*peijehilek
essive *peijehenä *peijehinä
translative *peijeheksi *peijehiksi
instructive *peijehen *peijehin
comitative *peijehenek *peijehinek
abessive *peijehettä *peijehittä

Descendants

From *peijeh:

  • Estonian: peied pl
  • Livonian: (Salaca) peijed pl

From Northern *peijas:

Further reading
  • peied in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “peijaat”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
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