Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apjo
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. The Finnish word has in the past been compared with the root *ava (compare Finnish avoin (“open”), avata (“to open”)) and Proto-Germanic *aiwǭ, *aiwaz (“law, custom”) (compare Old English ǣw, æ (“law, marriage, ceremony”) and Old High German ēwa (“law, marriage”)). However, neither of these theories can be reconciled with a *-pj-. Another supposed Germanic source is Proto-Germanic *aiwjō (compare *hiwją > *hipjä), but this is not certain either.
Noun
[edit]*apjo[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *apjo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *apjo | *apjot | |
accusative | *apjon | *apjot | |
genitive | *apjon | *apjodën *apjoidën | |
partitive | *apjoda | *apjoida | |
inessive | *apjossa *apjohna |
*apjoissa *apjoihna | |
elative | *apjosta | *apjoista | |
illative | *apjohën | *apjoihën | |
adessive | *apjolla | *apjoilla | |
ablative | *apjolta | *apjoilta | |
allative | *apjolën *apjolëk |
*apjoilën *apjoilëk | |
essive | *apjona | *apjoina | |
translative | *apjoksi | *apjoiksi | |
instructive | *apjon | *apjoin | |
comitative | *apjonëk | *apjoinëk | |
abessive | *apjotta | *apjoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: abi- (in compound: abielu) (+ elu)
- Finnish: avio
- Ingrian: aivoi- (in compound: aivoinaine)
- Livonian: a’b- (in compound: a’bjelāmi)
- Võro: abi- (in compound: abielo) (+ elo)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “abi-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avio”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN