Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/päkijä

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably related to *päkkä.

Noun[edit]

*päkijä

  1. ball (front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes)
  2. instep

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: päkiä
  • Ingrian: päkiäin
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: pä’g
  • Livvi: pägii
  • Ludian: päged

Further reading[edit]

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “päkiä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN