Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aina

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Old Prussian ainat (“always”)).

Adverb

*aina

1. always

Descendants

From *aina:

• Estonian: aina
• Finnish: aina
  • → Inari Sami: ain
  • → Northern Sami: ain
• Ingrian: ain, aina, aine
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: aina
  • South Karelian: aina
• Votic: ain, ainõ

From *aino:

• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: aino
• Ludian: aino

From *ainos:

• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ainoš
  • South Karelian: ainoš
• Livvi: ainos
• Ludian: ainos

Etymology 2

According to Aikio (2020), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajna.

Noun

*aina

1. cord, string attaching a fishnet to another

Inflection

Inflection of *aina

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*aina	*ainat
accusative		*ainan	*ainat
genitive		*ainan	*ainadën *ainoidën
partitive		*ainada	*ainoida
inessive		*ainassa *ainahna	*ainoissa *ainoihna
elative		*ainasta	*ainoista
illative		*ainahën	*ainoihën
adessive		*ainalla	*ainoilla
ablative		*ainalta	*ainoilta
allative		*ainalën *ainalëk	*ainoilën *ainoilëk
essive		*ainana	*ainoina
translative		*ainaksi	*ainoiksi
instructive		*ainan	*ainoin
comitative		*ainanëk	*ainoinëk
abessive		*ainatta	*ainoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ain
• Finnish: aina

Further reading

• “aina”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• “ain”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012