Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaivo
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *kaivadak (“to dig”) + *-o.
Noun
[edit]*kaivo
- well (water source)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kaivo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaivo | *kaivot | |
| accusative | *kaivon | *kaivot | |
| genitive | *kaivon | *kaivodën *kaivoidën | |
| partitive | *kaivoda | *kaivoida | |
| inessive | *kaivossa *kaivohna |
*kaivoissa *kaivoihna | |
| elative | *kaivosta | *kaivoista | |
| illative | *kaivohën | *kaivoihën | |
| adessive | *kaivolla | *kaivoilla | |
| ablative | *kaivolta | *kaivoilta | |
| allative | *kaivolën *kaivolëk |
*kaivoilën *kaivoilëk | |
| essive | *kaivona | *kaivoina | |
| translative | *kaivoksi | *kaivoiksi | |
| instructive | *kaivon | *kaivoin | |
| comitative | *kaivonëk | *kaivoinëk | |
| abessive | *kaivotta | *kaivoitta | |