Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naatti

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

Borrowed either from Late Proto-Slavic *natь, or from Early Old East Slavic *нать (*natĭ).

Noun

*naatti

1. top (the above ground part of a root vegetable)

Inflection

Inflection of *naatti

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*naatti	*naat'it
accusative		*naat'in	*naat'it
genitive		*naat'in	*naattidën *naattëjidën
partitive		*naattida	*naattëjita
inessive		*naat'issa *naat'ihna	*naattëjissa *naattëjihna
elative		*naat'ista	*naattëjista
illative		*naattihën	*naattëjisën
adessive		*naat'illa	*naattëjilla
ablative		*naat'ilta	*naattëjilta
allative		*naattilën *naattilëk	*naattëjilën *naattëjilëk
essive		*naattina	*naattëjina
translative		*naat'iksi	*naattëjiksi
instructive		*naat'in	*naattëjin
comitative		*naattinëk	*naattëjinëk
abessive		*naat'itta	*naattëjitta

Descendants

• Estonian: naat
• Finnish: naatti
• Ingrian: naatti
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: nuatti
  • South Karelian: nuatti
• Livonian: ⇒ nǭțõz
• Livvi: nuatti
• Ludian: nuat'
• Veps: nat'
• Võro: naat'
• Votic: naatti

Further reading

• “naat”, 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), “naatti”, 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