Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pinka

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *pëŋkē, further origin uncertain. Possibly related to Eastern Mari пеҥгыде (peŋgyde, hard, firm, solid, rigid).

Adjective

*pinka[1]

  1. taut, tight

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: pingal, pingul, pinge, pingutama
  • Finnish: (dialectal) pinka, pinkeä, pinkoa
  • Livonian: põnkt
  • Võro: pinganõ

Further reading

  • pinge”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pingottaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*pinka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)