peikko
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older peikkoi, from Proto-Finnic *peikoi, *peiko[1] (reshaped later with -kko; compare Estonian peig (“bridegroom”)), deriving either from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile, criminal”), *faigijaz (“fey”), or from a lost Baltic cognate (inexact parallels include Lithuanian paikas (“stupid”), piktas (“angry, bad”), pikčius (“devil”), pikulas (“devil”)), all ultimately based on Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
peikko
- (folklore) goblin, hobgoblin, gnome, gremlin (mythical man-like creature, often depicted hairy, tailed and mischievous)
- troll (in modern children's literature often a good-natured forest-dwelling humanoid)
- hobgoblin (cause of dread, fear or apprehension)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of peikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | peikko | peikot | ||
genitive | peikon | peikkojen | ||
partitive | peikkoa | peikkoja | ||
illative | peikkoon | peikkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | peikko | peikot | ||
accusative | nom. | peikko | peikot | |
gen. | peikon | |||
genitive | peikon | peikkojen | ||
partitive | peikkoa | peikkoja | ||
inessive | peikossa | peikoissa | ||
elative | peikosta | peikoista | ||
illative | peikkoon | peikkoihin | ||
adessive | peikolla | peikoilla | ||
ablative | peikolta | peikoilta | ||
allative | peikolle | peikoille | ||
essive | peikkona | peikkoina | ||
translative | peikoksi | peikoiksi | ||
abessive | peikotta | peikoitta | ||
instructive | — | peikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Etymologiadata:imsm:peiko(i), Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (EVE)
- ^ Koivulehto, Jorma. 2005. "Noin jalot vietettiin hevonsuistajan Hektorin peijaat. Peijaiset- ja peikko-sanojen etymologia." Virittäjä 3/2005: 322–335.
Further reading[edit]
- “peikko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eikːo
- Rhymes:Finnish/eikːo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Folklore
- Finnish valo-type nominals