Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paita

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *paidō.^[1]

Noun

*paita

(Northern Finnic) shirt

Inflection

Inflection of *paita

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*paita	*paidat
accusative	*paidan	*paidat
genitive	*paidan	paitadën paitoidën
partitive	*paitada	*paitoida
inessive	paidassa paidahna	paidoissa paidoihna
elative	*paidasta	*paidoista
illative	*paitahën	*paitoihën
adessive	*paidalla	*paidoilla
ablative	*paidalta	*paidoilta
allative	paitalën paitalëk	paitoilën paitoilëk
essive	*paitana	*paitoina
translative	*paidaksi	*paidoiksi
instructive	*paidan	*paidoin
comitative	*paitanëk	*paitoinëk
abessive	*paidatta	*paidoitta

Descendants

Finnish: paita
- → Northern Sami: báidi
- → Old Norse: peita
  - Swedish: pajta, pajt (dialectal)
    - ⇒ Swedish: pajrock
Ingrian: paita
Karelian:
- North Karelian: paita
- South Karelian: paida
Livvi: paidu
Ludian: paid
Veps: paid

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.^[2]

Noun

*paita^[3]

(Northern Finnic) caul fat

Inflection

Inflection of *paita

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*paita	*paidat
accusative	*paidan	*paidat
genitive	*paidan	paitadën paitoidën
partitive	*paitada	*paitoida
inessive	paidassa paidahna	paidoissa paidoihna
elative	*paidasta	*paidoista
illative	*paitahën	*paitoihën
adessive	*paidalla	*paidoilla
ablative	*paidalta	*paidoilta
allative	paitalën paitalëk	paitoilën paitoilëk
essive	*paitana	*paitoina
translative	*paidaksi	*paidoiksi
instructive	*paidan	*paidoin
comitative	*paitanëk	*paitoinëk
abessive	*paidatta	*paidoitta

Descendants

⇒ Finnish: mahapaita
⇒ Karelian:
- North Karelian: paitarasva

References

^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “paita1”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “paita2”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*paita”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[3] (in Finnish)

[1] Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “paita1”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025

[2] Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “paita2”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025

[3] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*paita”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[3] (in Finnish)

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