Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/omëna

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Indo-Iranian language (compare Yidgha [script needed] (åmuno), [script needed] (amun, apple)).

Noun edit

*omëna

  1. apple

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: omena
  • Ingrian: omena, (dialectal) ommeena
  • Karelian: omena
  • Votic: omenõ

From *ouna ?:

From *omar-:

Further reading edit

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