Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ora

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.

Noun

*ora

1. awl

Inflection

Inflection of *ora

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ora	*orat
accusative		*oran	*orat
genitive		*oran	*oradën *orëidën
partitive		*orada	*orëida
inessive		*orassa *orahna	*orëissa *orëihna
elative		*orasta	*orëista
illative		*orahën	*orëihën
adessive		*oralla	*orëilla
ablative		*oralta	*orëilta
allative		*oralën *oralëk	*orëilën *orëilëk
essive		*orana	*orëina
translative		*oraksi	*orëiksi
instructive		*oran	*orëin
comitative		*oranëk	*orëinëk
abessive		*oratta	*orëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ora
• Finnish: ora
• Ingrian: ora
• Karelian: ora, oraine
• Livonian: vȯrā
• Livvi: ora
• Ludian: ora
• Veps: oraine
• Votic: (Kattila) õra

Further reading

• “ora”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012