Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oncca

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

Uncertain. Possibly related to Eastern Mari [script needed] (ońt́śəl), Komi-Zyrian водз (vodź) and Udmurt азь (aź). The word has also been considered a possible Germanic loan from Proto-Germanic *anþiją (compare Old High German endi (“forehead”)), in which case the borrowing would have to be very early (among the earliest Germanic loans), with borrowing from early Proto-Finnic into more eastern Uralic languages. In the past the word has also been considered a cognate of Hungarian agy, but this comparison is no longer held to be correct.

Noun

*oncca

1. top, tip, peak
2. forehead

Inflection

Inflection of *oncca

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*oncca	*onc'at
accusative		*onc'an	*onc'at
genitive		*onc'an	*onccadën *onccëidën
partitive		*onccada	*onccëida
inessive		*onc'assa *onc'ahna	*onc'ëissa *onc'ëihna
elative		*onc'asta	*onc'ëista
illative		*onccahën	*onccëihën
adessive		*onc'alla	*onc'ëilla
ablative		*onc'alta	*onc'ëilta
allative		*onccalën *onccalëk	*onccëilën *onccëilëk
essive		*onccana	*onccëina
translative		*onc'aksi	*onc'ëiksi
instructive		*onc'an	*onc'ëin
comitative		*onccanëk	*onccëinëk
abessive		*onc'atta	*onc'ëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ots
• Finnish: otsa
• Ingrian: otsa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: očča
  • South Karelian: očča
• Livonian: vȱntsa
• Livvi: očču
• Ludian: occ
• Veps: oc
• Võro: ots
• Votic: õttsõ
• → Sami:
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (oats)
  • Kildin Sami: вуэһць (vuehc’)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (ᵛi̮ə̑ɔ̄t̜s̜ɛ)

External links

• Entry #670 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland