Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pitkä

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 a stem *pit(e)- +‎ *-kä, from Proto-Uralic *pide. Formally identical to Proto-Samoyedic *pirkä (“high”); other cognates include Hungarian fel, föl (“up”). Many of the derived terms are derived directly from the stem *pit(e)-.

Adjective

*pitkä

long
tall

Related terms

*picin
*pidempi
*pidet'äk
*piduc
*pidusta

Descendants

Estonian: pikk
Finnish: pitkä
Ingrian: pitkä, pitki
Karelian: pitkä
Livonian: pitka
Livvi: pitky
Ludian: pit'k
Veps: pit'k
Võro: pikk
Votic: pittše

References

pikk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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