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Origins and name
The name Pfeunic originates from the Pfeune River. The hydronym is of Unfinnish origin: Unfinnish *pyyni > Proto-Wiebian *pfûni > Wiebian Pfeune. It is hypothesized to have been spoken 4000 HM years BP.
Lexicon
- twaiþį - walk
- hapį - eat
- þrawį - sleep
- kērį - bite
- đeulį - drink
- garm - heavy
- halm - big
- hastijō - wife
- abjō - hair
- wandō - body
- ŧaiz(a) - bird
- raiþ(a) - fire
- behu - child
- baiwizī (Behre, Behren) - tail
Numbers
- 1: *hwēm
- 2: *þiɧōr
- 3: *narg
- 4: *đaup
- 5: *sēliɧ
- 6: *stōm
- 7: *rōd
- 8: *larit
- 9: *parw
- 10: *kijōr
- 100: *þali
- 1000: *said
- 10000: *krōbi
Phonology
Consonants
24 consonants.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Co-articulated | Velar | Labiovelar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | ŧ /!~ǀ/ | k /k/ | kw /kʷ/ | |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | đ /ɡ!~ɡǀ/ | g /ɡ/ | gw /ɡʷ/ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | þ /θ/ s /s/ | σ /ɧ/ | h /x/ | hw /xʷ/ | |
| voiced | z /z/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ | ||||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | w /w/ | ||||
Vowels
Lifted from Proto-Germanic.
Nouns
Unfinnish *püüni > Pfeune
1st declension
*eɧ 'voice'
2nd declension
hastijō 'wife' < *qas-t-? *qas-d-? 'partner' + -ijō 'some feminine suffix'
- nom: hastijō, hastijôr, hastijôz
- acc: hastijōn, hastijôr, hastijôz
- dat: hastijōz, hastijōnþi, hastijōnaz
3rd declension
*ɧīmī 'hand'
Singular
- nom: *ɧīmī
- acc: *ɧīmīz
- gen: *ɧīmī
- dat: *ɧīmīs
Plural:
- nom: *ɧīmainą
- acc: *ɧīmainą
- gen: *ɧīmaiz
- dat: *ɧīmainį