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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peijas

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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]

Noun

*peijas

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

Inflection
Inflection of *peijas
singular plural
nominative *peijas *peijahet
accusative *peijahen *peijahet
genitive *peijahen *peijasten
*peijahiden
partitive *peijasta *peijahita
inessive *peijahessa *peijahissa
elative *peijahesta *peijahista
illative *peijahesen *peijahisen
adessive *peijahella *peijahilla
ablative *peijahelta *peijahilta
allative *peijahelen *peijahilen
essive *peijassa *peijahina
translative *peijaheksi *peijahiksi
instructive *peijahen *peijahin
comitative *peijassek *peijahinek
abessive *peijahekta *peijahikta

Descendants
  • Finnish: peijaat pl, peijaiset pl
  • Karelian: peijahat pl

From *peijeh:

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

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)
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