Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vootna

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

Possibly borrowed from hypothetical Proto-Baltic *ōgnas (not attested in any Baltic language), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Alternatively, possibly derived from *vooci.

Noun

*vootna

1. lamb (young sheep)

   Synonym: *kargicca

Inflection

Inflection of *vootna

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vootna	*vootnat
accusative		*vootnan	*vootnat
genitive		*vootnan	*vootnadën *vootnëidën
partitive		*vootnada	*vootnëida
inessive		*vootnassa *vootnahna	*vootnëissa *vootnëihna
elative		*vootnasta	*vootnëista
illative		*vootnahën	*vootnëihën
adessive		*vootnalla	*vootnëilla
ablative		*vootnalta	*vootnëilta
allative		*vootnalën *vootnalëk	*vootnëilën *vootnëilëk
essive		*vootnana	*vootnëina
translative		*vootnaksi	*vootnëiksi
instructive		*vootnan	*vootnëin
comitative		*vootnanëk	*vootnëinëk
abessive		*vootnatta	*vootnëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: voon
• Finnish: vuona
• Ingrian: voonna, voona
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vuonna
  • South Karelian: vuonna
• Livonian: ūoņõz
• Livvi: vuonu
• Ludian: vuon
• Veps: vodnaz
• Võro: vuun
• Votic: võdnõ

Further reading

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