Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/olo

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

From *oldak +‎ *-o.

Noun

*olo

1. being (the act of being or existing)
2. state, condition

Inflection

Inflection of *olo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*olo	*olot
accusative		*olon	*olot
genitive		*olon	*olodën *oloidën
partitive		*oloda	*oloida
inessive		*olossa *olohna	*oloissa *oloihna
elative		*olosta	*oloista
illative		*olohën	*oloihën
adessive		*ololla	*oloilla
ablative		*ololta	*oloilta
allative		*ololën *ololëk	*oloilën *oloilëk
essive		*olona	*oloina
translative		*oloksi	*oloiksi
instructive		*olon	*oloin
comitative		*olonëk	*oloinëk
abessive		*olotta	*oloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: olu
• Finnish: olo
  • →? Ingrian: olo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: olo
  • South Karelian: olo
• Livvi: olo
• Ludian: olo

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “olo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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