Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/vɔtni

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *wexe-ptä-.

In the past, also compared with Proto-Finnic *vottadak and Proto-Samic *vuottētēk.

The Udmurt reflex is irregular due to conflation with the unrelated *vot (“alms”).

Verb

*vɔtni (stem *vɔt-)

1. (transitive) to gather

Conjugation

Conjugation of *vɔtni (stem: *vɔt-)
Note: The Proto-Permic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
	Present	Future	Preterite	Perfect
1st singular	*vɔta		*vɔti	*vɔtämi
2nd singular	*vɔtad		*vɔtid	*vɔtämid
3rd singular	*vɔtä	*vɔtas	*vɔti	*vɔtämi
1st plural	*vɔtami		*vɔtimi	*vɔtämmi
2nd plural	*vɔtadi		*vɔtidi	*vɔtämdi
3rd plural	*vɔta	*vɔtazi	*vɔti	*vɔtämi
	Imperative	Connegative
Singular	*vɔt		Infinitive	*vɔtni
Plural	*vɔtä		Gerund	*vɔtman
	Present participle	Imperfect participle	Perfect participle	Caritive participle
	*vɔtiś	*vɔtan	*vɔtäm	*vɔttäm

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Yazva: во́тнө (vótnå)
  • Komi-Zyrian: вотны (votny)
• Udmurt: вытыны (vytyny) (obsolete)

References

• Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “вотны”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka