Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vootna
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from hypothetical Proto-Baltic *ōgnas (not attested in any Baltic language), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Alternatively, possibly derived from *vooci.
Noun
[edit]*vootna[1]
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- Estonian: voon
- Finnish: vuona
- Ingrian: voonna, voona
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ūoņõz
- Livvi: vuonu
- Ludian: vuon
- Veps: vodnaz
- Võro: vuun
- Votic: võdnõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “voon”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012